FELIX, Magnus

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A Patron in 469

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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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Flavius married Padusia. Padusia (daughter of AGRICOLA, Flavius Julius) was born in 385; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a Proconsul of Africa in 395. He was maybe the father of a son, b orn in 380 and married to ..., born in 385 and daughter of Flavius Juli us Agricola, Consul of Rome in 421 and the father of Avitus, who were t he parents of Flavius Magnus, Senator of Narbonne (then Narbo), Consul o f Rome in 460 and praetorian prefect of Gaul in 469. He was an ancestor of Magnus Felix Ennodius.

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He was a Consul of Rome in 421. He was perhaps the father of Avitus, an other son who was the father of Papianilla, wife of Tonantius Ferreolus , and a daughter, born in 385, married to Flavius Felix, born in 380, a s on of Ennodius, Proconsul of Africa, who might have been Flavius Consta ntius Felix (380 – 430), Consul of Rome in 428, who married Padusia and w as an ancestor of Felix, Consul in 511. He was possibly from Gaul, specifically Narbo.[1] His relations are un clear: his exact parentage is unknown, as are his immediate descendants . He was the grandfather of Flavius Magnus, consul in 460. He may have h ad a son named Nymphidius. He was also a relative, and perhaps even the f ather, of the Emperor Avitus (r. 455–456).[1] He served twice as praetorian prefect. The first tenure was sometime be fore 418, but the exact circumscription is unknown; it was most probabl y in the Western half of the Empire however.[1] The second time he serv ed as praetorian prefect of Gaul in 418. He was then appointed to the c onsulship for 421, with Fl. Eustathius as his colleague.[2]