Adelphius
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Adelphius was a Bishop of Limoges (then Augustoritum) at Haute Vienne from ca. 420. His son, born ca. 420, was the father of Saint Ruricius
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He had an older brother named Hermogenianus, both children of Pontius, born ca. 360 (son of (Pontius) Paulinus, nobleman at Bordeaux
, then Burdigala), and married before 390 to his wife Anicia, in turn the daughter of Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius
, Consul
of Rome
in 379, and wife Turrenia Anicia Juliana.
Ruricius
Ruricius I , a Gallo-Roman aristocrat and bishop of Limoges from ca.485 to 510. He is one of the writers whose letters survive from late Roman Gaul depicting the influence of the Visigoths on the Roman lifestyle...
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He had an older brother named Hermogenianus, both children of Pontius, born ca. 360 (son of (Pontius) Paulinus, nobleman at Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
, then Burdigala), and married before 390 to his wife Anicia, in turn the daughter of Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius
Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius
Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius was a Roman politician, praefectus urbi of Rome in 368–370 and Roman consul in 379...
, Consul
Consul
Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...
of Rome
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
in 379, and wife Turrenia Anicia Juliana.
Sources and references
- Gregory, Bishop of ToursGregory of ToursSaint Gregory of Tours was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of Gaul. He was born Georgius Florentius, later adding the name Gregorius in honour of his maternal great-grandfather...
, Historia Francorum (The History of the Franks) (London, England: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1974). - Ford Mommaerts-Browne, "A Speculation".
- Christian SettipaniChristian SettipaniChristian Settipani is the Technical Director of an IT company in Paris and a genealogist and historian.He has a Master of Advanced Studies degree from the Paris-Sorbonne University and is currently preparing his doctoral thesis, while he often gives lectures to students undergraduates at the...
, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne (France: Éditions Christian, 1989). - Sidonius ApollinarisSidonius ApollinarisGaius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris was a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Sidonius is "the single most important surviving author from fifth-century Gaul" according to Eric Goldberg...
, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915) (orig.), pp. clx-clxxxiii; List of Correspondents, Notes, V.ix.1.
See also
- Descent from antiquityDescent from antiquityDescent from Antiquity is the project of establishing a well-researched, generation-by-generation descent of living persons from people living in antiquity. It is an ultimate challenge in prosopography and genealogy....