FERREOLUS, Ruricius Bishop of Uzes

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He was a Gallo-Roman Senator who lived in Narbonne, then Narbo, and a S enator of Narbonne between 479 and 517. He was also present and seen at R ome in 469 and 475 and was known to be a friend and relative of Sidoniu s Apollinaris. He was the son of Tonantius Ferreolus and wife Papianill a. His wife's name was thought to have been lost to the ages but, accor ding to the reference below she was Industria of Narbonne, then Narbo, b orn ca 450 or 465, whom he married before 475, daughter of Flavius Prob us, Roman Senator, and wife Eulalia (?) (a German cousin of Sidonius Ap ollinaris). Tonantius Ferreolus was a witness when Sidonius Apollinaris, then bisho p of Clermont, between 461 and 467, sent a letter to his friend, Donidi us, describing a visit he made, a "most delightful time in the most bea utiful country in the company of Tonantius Ferreolus (the elder) and Ap ollinaris, the most charming hosts in the world". He was on the estates o f his father when Sidonius Appolinarius visited between 461 and 467. As S idonius relates, "at Prusianum, as the other (estate) is called, (the y oung) Tonantius and his brothers turned out of their beds for us becaus e we could not be always dragging our gear about: they are surely the e lect among the nobles of our own age". He was visited by his cousin St. Apollinaris of Valence in 517.

Tonantius married Industria of Narbonne before 475. Industria (daughter of PROBUS, Flavius and Eulalia, daughter of PROBUS, Flavius) was born between 450 and 465; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gallo-Roman Consul 453, at Rome 469, 475 a friend and relative of Sidonius Apollinaris

Tonantius married Papianilla. Papianilla was born about 415; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a Roman Senator and a v. nob. (vir nobilis) of Narbonne, then Na rbo, was a man of literary taste and precocious ability. He was a frien d of Sidonius Apollinaris from their schooldays.

Flavius married Eulalia before 450. Eulalia (daughter of Thaumastus) was born about 425; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ferreolus married FLAVIUS, Daugther of. Daugther (daughter of SYAGRIUS, Flavius Afranius Consul of Rome) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a powerful politician in Gaul, where he was widely respected for h is integrity and practical wisdom during the late age of the Western Ro man Empire. He was a Roman Senator of Narbonne (then Narbo), Consul of R ome with Flavius Apollonius in 460 and the Prefect of Gaul in 469.

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He was a friend and uncle of Sidonius Apollinaris. Thaumastus and his b rother were both sons of another Apollinaris, praetorian prefect of Gau l before 409[4] and were friends with his successor Decimus Rusticus. T haumastus was associated with Tonantius Ferreolus in the impeachment of A rvandus[5]. He was the father of Eulalia, born in 425[2] and married b efore 450 to Flavius Probus, Roman Senator. He seems to be a descendant of another Apollinaris, praetorian prefect o f Gaul under Constantine II between 337 and 340.[3]