Reparatus was a Roman aristocrat, and politician under Ostrogothic

Ostrogothic Kingdom

The Kingdom established by the Ostrogoths in Italy and neighbouring areas lasted from 493 to 553. In Italy the Ostrogoths replaced Odoacer, the de facto ruler of Italy who had deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in 476. The Gothic kingdom reached its zenith under the rule of its...

 rule. He held the offices of Urban prefect (527) and Praetorian prefect of Italy.

Life

Reparatus was the brother of Pope Vigilius

Pope Vigilius

Pope Vigilius reigned as pope from 537 to 555, is considered the first pope of the Byzantine Papacy.-Early life:He belonged to a aristocratic Roman family; his father Johannes is identified as a consul in the Liber pontificalis, having received that title from the emperor...

; according to the Liber pontificalis

Liber Pontificalis

The Liber Pontificalis is a book of biographies of popes from Saint Peter until the 15th century. The original publication of the Liber Pontificalis stopped with Pope Adrian II or Pope Stephen V , but it was later supplemented in a different style until Pope Eugene IV and then Pope Pius II...

, their father was Johannes and identified as a 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...

 having received that title from the emperor. He was one of the senator

Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic, however, it was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors. After a magistrate served his term in office, it usually was followed with automatic...

s taken hostage by Witigis, but managed to escape along with Vergentius before the Ostrogoths ordered their slaughter, only to be trapped in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 during the siege of that city in 539. While Reparatus was killed when the city fell, Vergentius managed to escape with his life and left Italy for Constantinople

Constantinople

Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

.

Responsibility for Reparatus' fatherless children fell to Pope Vigilius. He married his niece, Vigilia, to Flavius Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius

Flavius Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius

Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius, was a Roman aristocrat during the reign of Theodoric the Great. He held the consulship with Flavius Praesidius in 494.One of the oldest texts of Vergil's works, the codex Mediceus Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius, was a Roman aristocrat during the reign of...

, the consul of 494, and ordained his nephew Rusticus as a deacon in the Roman church.