Tonantius Ferreolus of Rodez Senator of Rome

• Preferred Name: Tonantius Ferreolus of Rodez Senator of Rome^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Residence: BET 469 AND 475 in Roma, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.9 LONG: E2.4833
  
• Residence: in Rodez, Aveyron, Occitanie, Francia at LATI: N4.3517 LONG: E0.5749
  
• FSID: K8WS-W5C
  
• Residence: in Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, Francia at LATI: N4 LONG: E0
  
• Nickname:
  
• Residence: Prusianum in Gard, Aquitane, Gaul, Roman Empire at LATI: N3.8792 LONG: E0.7031
  
• Political+Office: 451 in Narbonne, Gaul, Roman Empire at LATI: N6 LONG: E0 with note: Description: Praetorian Prefect of Gaul
  
• Ocupation: 453 with note: Description: Roman Senator, Consul
  
• Death: 475 in Narbonne, Gaul, Roman Empire at LATI: N6 LONG: E0
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Roman Senator in Roma, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.9 LONG: E2.4833
  
• Occupation: Bishop of Clermontdesde 0461 hasta 0467 in Clermont, Oise, Hauts-de-France, Francia at LATI: N9.376 LONG: E0.4135
  
• Occupation: Gallo-Roman senator in Narbonne, Département de l'Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France at LATI: N6.7037 LONG: E0.0552
  
• Birth: 390 in Narbonne, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francia at LATI: N6.7037 LONG: E0.0552
  
• Occupation: Prefeito Pretoriano da Gália, Tribune of Gaul.445 in Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francia at LATI: N5.7678 LONG: E0.8342
  
• Occupation: Roman Senator, Consul453
  
• Burial: in Narbonne, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francia at LATI: N6.7037 LONG: E0.0552
  
• Occupation: 453 with note: Description: Roman Senator, Consul
  
• Occupation: Roman Senator, Consul453
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Roman Senator with note: All vital information and relationships match. ID numbers: LH1K-N29 and K8WS-W5C.
  
• Occupation: Gallo-Roman senatoraproximadamente 0460 in Narbonne, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francia at LATI: N6.7037 LONG: E0.0552
  
• Occupation: Cónsul de Romadesde 0469 hasta 0475 in Roma, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.9 LONG: E2.4833
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Wikipedia
  
  Tonantius Ferreolus (c. 390 – 475) was the praetorian prefect of Gaul (praefectus praetorio Galliarum) from 451.
  
  Life
  
  Tonantius Ferreolus lived in the Gard valley on his estate of Prusianum and possessed additional estates at Segodunum in Rodez. His father was Ferreolus, a Roman Senator. One of his ancestors during the 4th century was a patrician.[1] He was possibly related to Sidonius Apollinaris. His mother was a clarissima femina and daughter of Afranius Syagrius, consul in 382.
  
  As praetorian prefect of Gaul he was instrumental in organizing Gaul for the successful defence against the invasion of Attila and the Hun army. At the same time he diplomatically restrained the Patrician and Magister Militum Flavius Aetius from levying excessive taxes against the people of the Gallic Prefecture, receiving public acclaim for his efforts. Following the defeat of the Huns by a Roman-Gothic alliance, Ferreolus resisted the attempts of Visigothic king Thorismund to take advantage of the situation to obtain more territory or privileges in 452–453 when that king besieged Arles. He was associated with Thaumastus and Petronius in conducting the impeachment of Arvandus, a successor in the Gallic Prefecture who had behaved extortionately toward the people of Gaul and who had written a letter to Visigothic King Euric encouraging that monarch to break with his allegiance to Emperor Anthemius and partition Gaul with the Burgundians, presumably with Arvandus' connivance. This prosecution was successful in obtaining a conviction though Arvandus was reprieved, to some extent, it would appear, through the good offices of Sidonius Apollinaris, from execution and he was merely exiled.[3] Ferreolus was apparently living a life of religious contemplation after 469 though there is no indication he ever took orders.
  
  He is the first clearly attested historical person bearing either the name Ferreolus or Tonantius - there are two much earlier martyrs of the name. However his father's marriage into the Syagrii and his own patrician ancestry suggest that the family was well known and powerful under a different name or names during the third and fourth centuries at least. The family was to retain considerable importance and exert considerable influence in Gaul for over a century and perhaps two after the fall of the Roman Empire.
  
  He had married Papianilla, herself clarissima femina, born c. 415, a niece of Emperor Avitus and the first cousin of another Papianilla, wife of Sidonius Apollinaris,[4] and they had many children, among whom Tonantius Ferreolus.She was a partner who shared his troubles, according to Sidonius.
  
  Tonantius Ferreolus had at least three sons: Tonantius Ferreolus who was a Gallo-Roman Senator at Narbonne, Ruricius who became Bishop of Uzes between Probatius and Firminus and at least one son whose name is not attested. It is not known whether he had any daughters or whether more than these two sons survived to adulthood.[5]
  
  He had issue:
  
  1. Tonantius Ferreolus (senator)
  2. Unattested son.
  3. Unattested daughter married to Aspasius of Auch.
  4. Ruricius
  (d. 506, 507 or shortly after 507), Bishop of Uzès. He was called Bishop of Uzes in the Life of Firminus and based on the existence of "Ruricius of Uzes" of the Life of Firminus, Stanford Mommaerts and Prof. David Kelley postulated that "Ruricius of Uzes" was a brother of Tonantius, a son of Papianilla, wife of the elder Tonantius and that Ruricius of Limoges was her brother and Tonantius' uncle.
  
  This is still the position of a significant number of researchers however Mathisen and Settipani have concluded that the octogenarian Bishop Ruricius referred to in the Life of Firminus is in fact Ruricius of Limoges. Settipani has suggested that Papianilla was the sister of Hiberia, wife of Ruricius of Limoges and daughter of Gallo Roman Senator Ommatius of Clermont. Given that a Ferreolus would succeed Ruricius and his descendants to the Episcopal chair of Limoges and commission the epitaphs of Ruricius I and II (hence he was a kinsman and probably a descendant), it is likely there are aspects of the relationship between the Ruriciids and Ferreoli that are not yet explained by either theory.
  
  === ANCESTRAL ROOTS, 7th Ed., by F. L. Weis, ===
  ANCESTRAL ROOTS, 7th Ed., by F. L. Weis, 1995, Line 180 #3, pg. 156: Praetor- ian Prefect of Gaul, 451, at Rome 469, 475; friend and relative of Sidonius Apollinaris. LDS Ancestral File: b. <0403>.
  
  === The Greeks first tried to settle in Celt ===
  The Greeks first tried to settle in Celtic Gaul and managed to establisha small colony in Marseille in 600 BC. Then it was the turn of theRomans, lead by Julius Caesar, who entirely invaded Gaul during theGallic Wars (58-51 BC). The Romans brought unity and peace for twocenturies of Pax Romana during which agriculture, cattle-breeding andurban development were greatly improved.
  
  During the 2nd century AC, Romans brought Christianity into Gaul and bythe third century, the power of the Roman Empire had begun its decline.The 4th century started with Barbarian invaders from the East such as theFranks, the Vandals and the Visigoths. Clovis, King of the Franks,converted to christianity and his power brought unity to Gaul, startingthe Merovingian dynasty
  
  === !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors of Some Americ ===
  !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors of Some American Families", by Michel L. Call, Volume 1, 1989, Chart No. 11726, No. 8, FHL Call No. 973 D2ca.
  
  Prefect of the Praetorian Guard of Gaul, (450-453), friend and relative of Sidonius Apollinaris
  
  === !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLON ===
  !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLONISTS WHO CAME TO AMERICA BETWEEN 1623 AND 1650, 6TH ED 1988, PG 154 LINE 180 ITEM 3, PRAETORIAN PREFECT OF GAUL, 451, AT ROME 469, 475

• m. 438 in Narbonne, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francia

1. Wambert Ferreolus Van De Schelde, b. 456 in Westfalen, Preussen, Germany     d. 533 in Gaul, Roman Empire
2. Tonantius Ferreolus II, b. 440 in Narbonne, Gaul, Roman Empire     d. 11 October 0511. 71 yrs old in Narbonne, Kingdom of Burgundy, Frankish Empire

1. Title: Wikipedia
   Author: Sources Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915), pp. clx-clxxxiii Settipani, Christian. "Ruricius, premier évêque de Limoges et ses alliances familiales." Francia, 18 (1991). Christian Settipani, Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, "Mythe et Realite, Addenda I - III (juillet 2000- octobre 2002)" (n.p.: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2002). Martindale, J. R., The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume II AD 395 - 527, Cambridge University Press, 1980. Mathisen, Ralph Whitney. "The Ecclesiastical Aristocracy of Fifth Century Gaul: A Regional Analysis of Family Structure." Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wisconsin. University Microfilms (1979).
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonantius_Ferreolus_(prefect);
   Note: Tonantius Ferreolus (c. 390 – 475) was the praetorian prefect of Gaul (praefectus praetorio Galliarum) from 451. Life Tonantius Ferreolus lived in the Gard valley on his estate of Prusianum and possessed additional estates at Segodunum in Rodez. His father was Ferreolus, a Roman Senator. One of his ancestors during the 4th century was a patrician.[1] He was possibly related to Sidonius Apollinaris. His mother was a clarissima femina and daughter of Afranius Syagrius, consul in 382.[2] As praetorian prefect of Gaul he was instrumental in organizing Gaul for the successful defence against the invasion of Attila and the Hun army. At the same time he diplomatically restrained the Patrician and Magister Militum Flavius Aetius from levying excessive taxes against the people of the Gallic Prefecture, receiving public acclaim for his efforts. Following the defeat of the Huns by a Roman-Gothic alliance, Ferreolus resisted the attempts of Visigothic king Thorismund to take advantage of the situation to obtain more territory or privileges in 452–453 when that king besieged Arles. He was associated with Thaumastus and Petronius in conducting the impeachment of Arvandus, a successor in the Gallic Prefecture who had behaved extortionately toward the people of Gaul and who had written a letter to Visigothic King Euric encouraging that monarch to break with his allegiance to Emperor Anthemius and partition Gaul with the Burgundians, presumably with Arvandus' connivance. This prosecution was successful in obtaining a conviction though Arvandus was reprieved, to some extent, it would appear, through the good offices of Sidonius Apollinaris, from execution and he was merely exiled.[3] Ferreolus was apparently living a life of religious contemplation after 469 though there is no indication he ever took orders.[1] He is the first clearly attested historical person bearing either the name Ferreolus or Tonantius - there are two much earlier martyrs of the name. However his father's marriage into the Syagrii and his own patrician ancestry suggest that the family was well known and powerful under a different name or names during the third and fourth centuries at least. The family was to retain considerable importance and exert considerable influence in Gaul for over a century and perhaps two after the fall of the Roman Empire. He had married Papianilla, herself clarissima femina, born c. 415, a niece of Emperor Avitus and the first cousin of another Papianilla, wife of Sidonius Apollinaris,[4] and they had many children, among whom Tonantius Ferreolus.[1] She was a partner who shared his troubles, according to Sidonius.[2] Tonantius Ferreolus had at least three sons: Tonantius Ferreolus who was a Gallo-Roman Senator at Narbonne, Ruricius who became Bishop of Uzes between Probatius and Firminus and at least one son whose name is not attested. It is not known whether he had any daughters or whether more than these two sons survived to adulthood.[5] He had issue: Tonantius Ferreolus (senator) Unattested son. Unattested daughter married to Aspasius of Auch. Ruricius (d. 506, 507 or shortly after 507), Bishop of Uzès. He was called Bishop of Uzes in the Life of Firminus[6] and based on the existence of "Ruricius of Uzes" of the Life of Firminus, Stanford Mommaerts and Prof. David Kelley postulated that "Ruricius of Uzes" was a brother of Tonantius, a son of Papianilla, wife of the elder Tonantius and that Ruricius of Limoges was her brother and Tonantius' uncle. This is still the position of a significant number of researchers[7] however Mathisen[8] and Settipani[9] have concluded that the octogenarian Bishop Ruricius referred to in the Life of Firminus is in fact Ruricius of Limoges. Settipani has suggested that Papianilla was the sister of Hiberia, wife of Ruricius of Limoges and daughter of Gallo Roman Senator Ommatius of Clermont.[10] Given that a Ferreolus would succeed Ruricius and his descendants to the Episcopal chair of Limoges and commission the epitaphs of Ruricius I and II (hence he was a kinsman and probably a descendant),[11] it is likely there are aspects of the relationship between the Ruriciids and Ferreoli that are not yet explained by either theory.
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ferreolus Of Rome - Published information: male
   Note: Published information: male Published information: birth-name: Ferreolus of Rome Published information: birth: 0385; Rome, Lazio, Italy
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3. Title: Rootsweb
   Author: NOTES: 1 Martindale, 1980, p. 466. 2 Martindale, 1980, p. 466. 3 Sidonius Apollinaris, 1915 4 Martindale, 1980, p. 157. 5 Sidonius Apollinaris, 1915 6 Martindale, 1980, p. 466. 7 Settipani 1991, p. 196, 218. 8 Martindale, 1980, p. 466. 9 Sidonius Apollinaris, 1915 10 Martindale, 1980, p. 466. 11 Mathisen, 1979, p. 56, 75 12 Settipani, 1991, pp. 198-199 SOURCES: Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915), pp. clx-clxxxiii Christian Settipani. "Ruricius, premier évêque de Limoges et ses alliances familiales." Francia, 18 (1991). J. R. Martindale, "The Prosopograhy of the Later Roman Empire, Volume II AD 395 - 527", Cambridge University Press, 1980. Ralph Whitney Mathisen, "The Ecclesiastical Aristocracy of Fifth Century Gaul: A Regional Analysis of Family Structure." Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wisconsin. University Microfilms (1979).2 Sources 1 Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Cam
   Publication: Name: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~otstott/family/ind2380.html;
   Note: Tonantius Ferreolus (405 or ca 420 – 475) was the praetorian prefect of Gaul (praefectus praetorio Galliarum) from 451. He lived in the Gard valley on his estate of Prusianum and possessed additional estates at Segondum in Rodez. His father and uncles were famous, and one of his ancestors during the 4th century was a patrician. [1] He was either "personally related to" or "connected through (...) relatives" with Sidonius Apollinaris, but see below. His mother was a clarissima femina and daughter of Flavius Afranius Syagrius, Consul in 382. [2][3] As praetorian prefect of Gaul he was instrumental in organizing Gaul for the successful defense against the invasion of Attila and the Hun army. At the same time he diplomatically restrained the Patrician and Magister Militum Flavius Aetius from levying excessive taxes against the people of the Gallic Prefecture, receiving public acclaim for his efforts. Following the defeat of the Huns by a Roman Gothic alliance, Ferreolus resisted the attempts of Visigothic king Theodoric to take advantage of the situation to obtain more territory or privileges in 452-453 when that king besieged Arles. He was associated with Thaumastus and Petronius in conducting the impeachment of Arvandus, a successor in the Gallic Prefecture who had behaved extortionately toward the people of Gaul and who had written a letter to Visigothic King Euric encouraging that monarch to break with his allegiance to Emperor Anthemius and partition Gaul with the Burgundians, presumably with Arvandus' connivance. This prosecution was successful in obtaining a conviction though Arvandus was reprieved, to some extent, it would appear, through the good offices of Sidonius Apollinaris, from execution and he was merely exiled.[4][5] Ferreolus was apparently living a life of religious contemplation after 469 though there is no indication he ever took orders.[6] He is the first clearly attested historical person bearing the either the name Ferreolus or Tonantius - there are two much earlier martyrs of the name. However his father's marriage into the Syagrii and his own patrician ancestry suggest that the family was well known and powerful under a different name or names during the third and fourth centuries at least. The family was to retain considerable importance and exert considerable influence in Gaul for over a century and perhaps two after the fall of the Roman Empire. He had married Papianilla, herself clarissima femina, born ca 415, a niece of Emperor Avitus and the first cousin of another Papianilla, wife of Sidonius Apollinaris[7], and they had many children, among whom Tonantius Ferreolus.[8] She was a partner who shared his troubles, according to Sidonius.[9] Tonantius Ferreolus had at least three sons: Tonantius Ferreolus who was a Gallo Roman Senator at Narbonne, Ruricius who became Bishop of Uzes between Probatius and Firminus and at least one son whose name is not attested. It is not known whether he had any daughters or whether more than these two sons survived to adulthood.[10][11] However, Christian Settipani has argued based on the extreme rarity of the name that this Ruricius is not in fact a son of Tonantius Ferreolus and Papianilla but rather a brother-in-law of Papianilla, herself a daughter of Arvernian senator Ommatius, and hence an uncle to the younger Tonantius Ferreolus and his brothers and a great uncle to Bishop Firminus of Uzes. According to this argument, Ruricus is not Ruricius of Uzes but Ruricius of Limoges[12]
   
4. Title: Rootsweb
   Publication: Name: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/MARTEL.htm;
   Note: 2I. TONANTIUS FERREOLUS (FERREOLUS 1) b.c.420 m. PAPIANILLA (b.c.415), niece of Emperor Avitus d.c.475 Tonantius was the Praetorian Prefect for Gaul from 451 and was either related to or connected through relatives with Sidonius Apollinaris and was associated with Thaumastus in the impeachment of Arvandus. Issue- 3I. TONANTIUS FERREOLUS- b.c.440, d.c.515 Ref: Note no information was found in the first of these two source... Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines A L'epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite- Christian Settipani, Prosopographica et Genealogica, Addenda I-III (July 2000, october 2002) Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne- Christian Settipani, Editions Christian, 1989
   
5. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ferreolus De Rome - birth-name: Ferreolus De Rome
   Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
   Note: birth-name: Ferreolus De Rome Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth: 0390; Rome, Italy Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). death: 0475; Rome, Italy Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth: 0385; Rome, Italy Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth: Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). death: Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth-name: Ferreolus De Rome Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth: 0390; Rome, Italy Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). death: 0475; Rome, Italy Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth: 0385; Rome, Italy Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth: Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). death: Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006).
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