Flavius Probus
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Flavius Probus a Roman Senator and a v. nob. (vir nobilis) of Narbonne
, then Narbo, was a man of literary taste and precocious ability. His father was Flavius Magnus
, Consul
of Rome
in 460. He was a friend of Sidonius Apollinaris
from their schooldays.
He married before 450 Eulalia (?), born ca 425, a cousin of Sidonius Apollinaris
, daughter of Thaumastus
. They were perhaps the parents of:
Narbonne
Narbonne is a commune in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Once a prosperous port, it is now located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea...
, then Narbo, was a man of literary taste and precocious ability. His father was Flavius Magnus
Flavius Magnus
Flavius Magnus was a powerful politician in Gaul, where he was widely respected for his integrity and practical wisdom during the late age of the Western Roman Empire...
, Consul
Roman consul
A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...
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 460. He was a friend of Sidonius Apollinaris
Sidonius Apollinaris
Gaius 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...
from their schooldays.
He married before 450 Eulalia (?), born ca 425, a cousin of Sidonius Apollinaris
Sidonius Apollinaris
Gaius 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...
, daughter of Thaumastus
Thaumastus
Thaumastus was a friend and uncle of Sidonius Apollinaris. His brother, the elder Apollinaris was born around 405 and was the praetorian prefect of Gaul under Valentinian III between 425 and 455. Thaumastus and his brother were both sons of another Apollinaris, praetorian prefect of Gaul before...
. They were perhaps the parents of:
- Industria of NarbonneNarbonneNarbonne is a commune in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Once a prosperous port, it is now located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea...
, then Narbo, born ca 450 or 465, married before 475 to Tonantius FerreolusTonantius Ferreolus (senator)Tonantius Ferreolus , was a vir clarissimus, or Gallo-Roman senator, and Praetorian prefect of Gaul.He lived in Narbo... - Firminus (455 or 460 – ca 503), v. inl. at ArlesArlesArles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence....
, then Arelate, and a propinq. of Magnus Felix EnnodiusMagnus Felix EnnodiusMagnus Felix Ennodius was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.He was one of four fifth to sixth-century Gallo-Roman aristocrats whose letters survive in quantity: the others are Sidonius Apollinaris, prefect of Rome in 468 and bishop of Clermont , Ruricius bishop of Limoges ... - Probatius (certain son), Bishop of Uzès in 506