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Rufius Genuadius PLACIDUS SEVERUS
- Preferred Name: Rufius Genuadius PLACIDUS SEVERUS[1]
- Alternate Name: Rufius Gennadius Avienus , Roman Consul 450
- Gender: M
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Roman Consul - with Valentinian Augustus VII450
- FSID: L2B7-BYY
- Death: 468 in Roma, Latium, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.9 LONG: E2.4833 with note: padronização
- Birth: ABT 430 in Roma, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.9 LONG: E2.4833
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Rufius Gennadius Avienus was member of an ancient and noble Roman family, which traced back its origins to the Consul of year 59, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus.[1] Avienus was the father of Anicius Probus Faustus, Consul in 490, and of a daughter called Stephania, whose son, Rufius Magnus Faustus Avienus, received the name of his grandfather and was Consul in 502.
Avienus was chosen as Consul for the year 450, together with Emperor Valentinian III. Two years later, in 452, he was sent by Valentinian and the Roman Senate as envoy to the King of the Huns, Attila, together with Trigetius and the Bishop of Rome, Leo I;[2] they succeeded in negotiating a truce with Attila, despite the fact that the historian Prosper of Aquitaine downplayed Avienus' role, giving all the credit for the success to Leo, ignoring both Trigetius and Avienus.
Avienus also held several other offices, of which at least one was civilian, but no particulars have been preserved on this matter.
In 467, the Gallo-Roman poet Sidonius Apollinaris was sent to Rome to bring the Emperor a petition of his people; he says that Avienus was one of the two most influential civil officers in Rome in the 460s, together with Caecina Decius Basilius.[3] However, Avienus distinguished himself from Basilius, as he used his own influence to promote the career of his own familiars, having no time to care for those who came outside of his circle: even if he was more welcoming than Basilius, Avienus was less trustworthy.
=== https://fabpedigree.com/s022/f000133.htm ===
https://fabpedigree.com/s022/f000133.htm
Preferred Parents:
Father: Flavius Avitus Marinianus , b. ABT 385 in Europe d. 440
Mother: Anastasia De Cartegena, b. 390 in Cartagena, Murcia, Murcia, Spain d. AFT 440
Family 1: Melleta TARRUTENIA, b. ABT 425
Family 2: Metella Tarrutenia Di Roma, b. 430 in Roma, Roman Empire
- Aviena of Cartagena , b. 1 AUG 465 in Roma, Lazio, Italia d. 7 FEB 527 in Cartagena, Murica, Región de Murcia, Espanha
Sources:
- Title: Geni
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Rufius-Gennadius-Avienus/6000000003119779264?through=6000000003645864124;
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