Tonantius Ferreolus II

• Preferred Name: Tonantius Ferreolus II^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: 440 in Narbonne, Gaul, Roman Empire at LATI: N6 LONG: E0
  
• Nickname:
  
• Occupation: Tribune of Gaul479 in Narbonne, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francia at LATI: N6.7037 LONG: E0.0552
  
• Burial: in Metz, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France at LATI: N9.1193 LONG: E0.1757 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Death: 11 October 0511. 71 yrs old in Narbonne, Kingdom of Burgundy, Frankish Empire at LATI: N6.7037 LONG: E0.0552
  
• Occupation: Praetorian Prefect of Gaul451
  
• Occupation: Gallo Roman Senator of Narbonne, Gauldesde 0479 hasta 0517 in Narbonne, Kingdom of Aquitaine, Gaul, Frankish Empire at LATI: N3.1838 LONG: E0.9963
  
• Occupation: Gallo Roman Senator of Narbonne, GaulBET 479 AND 517 in Narbonne, Kingdom of Aquitaine, Gaul, Frankish Empire at LATI: N3.1838 LONG: E0.9963
  
• Occupation: Praetorian Prefect of Gaul451
  
• FSID: GWPB-P5N
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Tonantius Ferreolus lived in Narbo (modern Narbonne). He was a witness when Sidonius Apollinaris, then bishop of Clermont, between 461 and 467, sent a letter to his friend, Donidius, describing a visit he made, a "most delightful time in the most beautiful country in the company of Tonantius Ferreolus (the elder) and Apollinaris, the most charming hosts in the world". Tonantius was on the estates of his father when Sidonius Apollinaris visited between 461 and 467. As Sidonius relates, "at Prusianum, as the other (estate) is called, (the young) Tonantius and his brothers turned out of their beds for us because we could not be always dragging our gear about: they are surely the elect among the nobles of our own age".
  
  He is known to be a friend and relative of Sidonius Apollinaris. He was the son of Tonantius Ferreolus and Papianilla. Papianilla is generally regarded as belonging to the Arvernian family of the Aviti, though in a generation senior to Sidonius' wife of the same name.[1] The younger Tonantius' wife was Industria from Narbonne, born ca 450 to 460, married after 475, believed to have been daughter of Flavius Probus,[2] Gallo-Roman Senator, and his wife Eulalia, cousin-german (first cousin) of Sidonius Apollinaris.[3] He was regarded as a senator even after the fall of the empire as was customary in Visigothic and Merovingian Gaul because his family had held the highest grades senatorial rank during the empire.
  
  === Senator ===
  Senator
  
  === Ansbertus was a Gallo-Roman Senator; who ===
  Ansbertus was a Gallo-Roman Senator; whose two brothers were Bishops.
  
  === He was a friend and relative of Sidonius ===
  He was a friend and relative of Sidonius Apollinaris, at Rome 469 A.D.
  
  === #Générale# Sénateur de la région de Narb ===
  #Générale# Sénateur de la région de Narbonne de 479 à 517
  
  === !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 4
  
  === prefect notes ===
  Tonantius Ferreolus (c. 405 – after 469) 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 at least 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 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 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, though 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 c. 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]
  
  === Wikipedia ===
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonantius_Ferreolus_(senator)
  
  === Death note ===
  Engelbrekt (A)
  
  === brother of Ruricius, Bishop of Uzes, who ===
  brother of Ruricius, Bishop of Uzes, who died 506.
  
  === Praeorian Perfect of Gaul, 451, at Rome ===
  Praeorian Perfect of Gaul, 451, at Rome 469, 475; friend and relative of Sidonius Apollinaris.

1. Ausbert de Metz Ferreolus of Narbonne, b. aproximadamente 0470 in Narbonne, Kingdom of the Visigoths, Gaul     d. 0532. 62 yrs old in Metz, Kingdom of Austrasia, Gaul, Roman Empire

1. Title: Wiki2 -Tonantius Ferreolus -Gallo-Roman Senator
   Author: Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915), pp. clx-clxxxiii Christian Settipani, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne (France: Éditions Christian, 1989). Christian Settipani, Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines A L'epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite, Addenda I - III (juillet 2000- octobre 2002) (n.p.: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2002). Ralph Whitney Mathisen, "The Ecclesiastical Aristocracy of Fifth Century Gaul: A Regional Analysis of Family Structure." Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wisconsin. University Microfilms (1979). Christian Settipani, "L'apport de l'onomastique dans l'etude des genealogies carolingiennes" in ONOMASTIQUE ET PARENTE DANS L'OCCIDENT MEDIEVAL, Ed. K. S. B. Rohan & C. Settipani, Prosopographica et Genealogica (2000) T. Stanford Mommaerts & David H. Kelley, "The Anicii of Gaul and Rome." in Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity? edited by John Drinkwater and Hugh Elton. Cambridge, 1
   Publication: Name: https://wiki2.org/en/Tonantius_Ferreolus_(senator);
   Note: Life To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus lived in Narbo (mod­ern Nar­bonne). He was a wit­ness when Sido­nius Apol­li­naris, then bishop of Cler­mont, be­tween 461 and 467, sent a let­ter to his friend, Doni­d­ius, de­scrib­ing a visit he made, a "most de­light­ful time in the most beau­ti­ful coun­try in the com­pany of To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus (the elder) and Apol­li­naris, the most charm­ing hosts in the world". To­nan­tius was on the es­tates of his fa­ther when Sido­nius Apol­li­naris vis­ited be­tween 461 and 467. As Sido­nius re­lates, "at Pru­sianum, as the other (es­tate) is called, (the young) To­nan­tius and his broth­ers turned out of their beds for us be­cause we could not be al­ways drag­ging our gear about: they are surely the elect among the no­bles of our own age". He is known to be a friend and rel­a­tive of Sido­nius Apol­li­naris. He was the son of To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus and Pa­pi­anilla. Pa­pi­anilla is gen­er­ally re­garded as be­long­ing to the Arvern­ian fam­ily of the Aviti, though in a gen­er­a­tion se­nior to Sido­nius' wife of the same name.[1] The younger To­nan­tius' wife was In­dus­tria from Nar­bonne, born ca 450 to 460, mar­ried after 475, be­lieved to have been daugh­ter of Flav­ius Probus, Gallo-Ro­man Sen­a­tor, and his wife Eu­lalia, cousin-ger­man (first cousin) of Sido­nius Apol­li­naris. He was re­garded as a sen­a­tor even after the fall of the em­pire as was cus­tom­ary in Visig­othic and Merovin­gian Gaul be­cause his fam­ily had held the high­est grades sen­a­to­r­ial rank dur­ing the empire.[4] No church of­fices are known for the younger To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus [1] and he held no known po­si­tions under the Visig­othic kings in the pe­riod lead­ing up to the Bat­tle of Vouille un­less he con­tin­ued in his fa­ther's po­si­tion of Rec­tor Galliarum.[4] He may also have been ap­pointed De­fen­sor Pe­den­sis (Royal of­fi­cial in the city of Pe­dena, now in Croa­tia) by Os­tro­gothic King Theodoric in 511.[4] He had sev­eral sib­lings whose names are not pre­served. There is some ar­gu­ment as to whether Ferre­o­lus of Narbo re­ferred to as hus­band of In­dus­tria and fa­ther of Firmi­nus is To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus or a brother.[4] Narbo was within the realm of the Visig­oths and To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus al­most cer­tainly re­mained loyal to Euric and Alaric II prior to the Bat­tle of Vouille. His in­volve­ment in that Bat­tle is not known. Fol­low­ing the col­lapse of the King­dom of Alaric, South­ern Gaul in­clud­ing Narbo was briefly under the con­trol of the Os­tro­gothic King­dom in Italy. How­ever, sub­se­quent to the fall of the Bur­gun­dian King­dom in the early 530's, the Aus­trasian Franks under Theodoric quickly took con­trol of Bur­gundy and Provence as far as the Mediter­ranean and along the coast from at least Uzes on the west to the Ital­ian bor­der on the east leav­ing Narbo, ex­cept for one or two brief in­cur­sions, in Visig­othic hands. The fa­mil­ial con­trol of the See of Uzes, within whose bor­ders much of the prop­erty of the Ferre­olan villa of Pru­sianum was in­cluded, began dur­ing the time of To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus. Al­though To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus was not noted for any par­tic­u­lar po­lit­i­cal or ec­cle­si­as­tic ini­tia­tive, his sur­vival and that of his fa­milia and prop­er­ties fol­low­ing the loss of Gaul, first by the Roman Em­pire, and then the Visig­oths, was to have im­por­tant reper­cus­sions for the dura­bil­ity of Gallo Roman po­lit­i­cal iden­tity, au­ton­omy, laws and cus­toms dur­ing the Merovin­gian and sub­se­quent eras. What is known of To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus' de­scen­dants from that time is de­rived ei­ther from the his­tory of the see of Uzes or from those few no­ble­men in the fam­ily such as Ferre­o­lus, fa­ther of Ans­bert and Ag­ilulf, who ap­par­ently re­lo­cated out of the Visig­othic King­dom or were taken as hostages, (cf Gre­gory of Tours' rel­a­tive At­talus ) to the heart­land of the Aus­trasian King­dom in the vicin­ity of Metz and Trier. Since Ferre­o­lus' grand­fa­ther, To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus the Elder was Pre­fect of Gaul (451) and pos­sessed con­sular an­ces­tors in­clud­ing the two Sya­grii dur­ing the reign of Theodosius, To­nan­tius Ferre­o­lus' Aus­tra­sia bound son Ferre­o­lus would have pos­sessed suf­fi­cient stand­ing in the eyes of the Franks to marry a Frank­ish princess of a minor house. At the time Ferre­o­lus will have been re­lo­cat­ing to Aus­tra­sia from Narbo, or more likely Frank­ish Provence, his sec­ond cousin Parthe­nius, Pa­tri­cian of Provence in 542 (Aus­trasian Gov­er­nor - typ­i­cally a Gallo-Ro­man. The title was con­cur­rent with the title of Rec­tor of Provence) and Tax Col­lec­tor at Trier by 548 was in a po­si­tion to have in­ter­ceded for him. By his wife he had the fol­low­ing issue: Ferreolus, Senator of Narbonne, father of the Gallo-Roman Senator Ansbertus. Settipani here cites Paul the Deacon in his work on the Bishops of Metz where Agilulf, Bishop of Metz, brother of Ansbert and uncle of Arnoald Bishop of Metz, was referred to as the "son of a senator". Metz was in the Kingdom of Austrasia and Austrasia controlled Provence which included Uzes. Although Tonantius Ferreolus who was attested at Narbo likely took the side of the Goths before the death of Alaric II, by the mid 6th century his family had clearly relocated to within Frankish territory which began west of Uzes and extended Eastward. Nîmes, just to the south and a little west of Uzes was in Visigothic hands until the Arab capture in the 8th century. Settipani, based on his reading of Paul the Deacon and the fact that the name Ferreolus was associated with the name Ansbert in two Autun Bishops in a Burgundian see that was regarded as both being hereditary and having ties with the Syagrii-Ferreoli, was persuaded apparently to accept the slightly confused 9th century account stating that the senator in question was a "Ferreolus." Settipani suggests this Ferreolus tentatively as a son of Tonantius Ferreolus and Industria. Settipani further suggests that this son married to a daughter of Frankish Ripuarian Royal house which had survived through the clemency of Theoderic of Austrasia who was thought to have been a son of Clovis' 1st wife, an unattested daughter of Sigebert, the penultimate Ripuarian Frankish king. Kelley had come to the same or a similar conclusion in 1947 but it appears from those who cite him that the original idea was that Ansbertus was a son of Tonantius Ferreolus and not a grandson. Firminus, Bishop of Uzès in 507 (ca 490 – 538, 551 or October 11, 553); Feast Day October 11.
   
2. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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3. Title: Wikipedia -Tonantius Ferreolus (senator)
   Author: Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915), pp. clx-clxxxiii Christian Settipani, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne (France: Éditions Christian, 1989). Christian Settipani, Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines A L'epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite, Addenda I - III (juillet 2000- octobre 2002) (n.p.: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2002). Ralph Whitney Mathisen, "The Ecclesiastical Aristocracy of Fifth Century Gaul: A Regional Analysis of Family Structure." Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wisconsin. University Microfilms (1979). Christian Settipani, "L'apport de l'onomastique dans l'etude des genealogies carolingiennes" in ONOMASTIQUE ET PARENTE DANS L'OCCIDENT MEDIEVAL, Ed. K. S. B. Rohan & C. Settipani, Prosopographica et Genealogica (2000) T. Stanford Mommaerts & David H. Kelley, "The Anicii of Gaul and Rome." in Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity? edited by John Drinkwater and Hugh Elton. Cambridge, 1
   Publication: Name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonantius_Ferreolus_(senator);
   Note: Tonantius Ferreolus (also called Tonance Ferréol in modern French) (between about 440 and 450–between 511 to after 517), was a vir clarissimus, or Gallo-Roman senator. Life Tonantius Ferreolus lived in Narbo (modern Narbonne). He was a witness when Sidonius Apollinaris, then bishop of Clermont, between 461 and 467, sent a letter to his friend, Donidius, describing a visit he made, a "most delightful time in the most beautiful country in the company of Tonantius Ferreolus (the elder) and Apollinaris, the most charming hosts in the world". Tonantius was on the estates of his father when Sidonius Apollinaris visited between 461 and 467. As Sidonius relates, "at Prusianum, as the other (estate) is called, (the young) Tonantius and his brothers turned out of their beds for us because we could not be always dragging our gear about: they are surely the elect among the nobles of our own age". He is known to be a friend and relative of Sidonius Apollinaris. He was the son of Tonantius Ferreolus and Papianilla. Papianilla is generally regarded as belonging to the Arvernian family of the Aviti, though in a generation senior to Sidonius' wife of the same name.[1] The younger Tonantius' wife was Industria from Narbonne, born ca 450 to 460, married after 475, believed to have been daughter of Flavius Probus,[2] Gallo-Roman Senator, and his wife Eulalia, cousin-german (first cousin) of Sidonius Apollinaris.[3] He was regarded as a senator even after the fall of the empire as was customary in Visigothic and Merovingian Gaul because his family had held the highest grades senatorial rank during the empire.[4] No church offices are known for the younger Tonantius Ferreolus [1] and he held no known positions under the Visigothic kings in the period leading up to the Battle of Vouille unless he continued in his father's position of Rector Galliarum.[4] He may also have been appointed Defensor Pedensis (Royal official in the city of Pedena, now in Croatia) by Ostrogothic King Theodoric in 511.[4] He had several siblings whose names are not preserved. There is some argument as to whether Ferreolus of Narbo referred to as husband of Industria and father of Firminus is Tonantius Ferreolus or a brother.[4][5] Narbo was within the realm of the Visigoths and Tonantius Ferreolus almost certainly remained loyal to Euric and Alaric II prior to the Battle of Vouille. His involvement in that Battle is not known. Following the collapse of the Kingdom of Alaric, Southern Gaul including Narbo was briefly under the control of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy. However, subsequent to the fall of the Burgundian Kingdom in the early 530's, the Austrasian Franks under Theodoric quickly took control of Burgundy and Provence as far as the Mediterranean and along the coast from at least Uzes on the west to the Italian border on the east leaving Narbo, except for one or two brief incursions, in Visigothic hands. The familial control of the See of Uzes, within whose borders much of the property of the Ferreolan villa of Prusianum was included, began during the time of Tonantius Ferreolus. Although Tonantius Ferreolus was not noted for any particular political or ecclesiastic initiative, his survival and that of his familia and properties following the loss of Gaul, first by the Roman Empire, and then the Visigoths, was to have important repercussions for the durability of Gallo Roman political identity, autonomy, laws and customs during the Merovingian and subsequent eras. What is known of Tonantius Ferreolus' descendants from that time is derived either from the history of the see of Uzes or from those few noblemen in the family such as Ferreolus, father of Ansbert and Agilulf, who apparently relocated out of the Visigothic Kingdom or were taken as hostages, (cf Gregory of Tours' relative Attalus [6]) to the heartland of the Austrasian Kingdom in the vicinity of Metz and Trier. Since Ferreolus' grandfather, Tonantius Ferreolus the Elder was Prefect of Gaul (451) and possessed consular ancestors including the two Syagrii during the reign of Theodosius,[7] Tonantius Ferreolus' Austrasia bound son Ferreolus would have possessed sufficient standing in the eyes of the Franks to marry a Frankish princess of a minor house. At the time Ferreolus will have been relocating to Austrasia from Narbo, or more likely Frankish Provence, his second cousin Parthenius, Patrician of Provence in 542 (Austrasian Governor - typically a Gallo-Roman. The title was concurrent with the title of Rector of Provence) and Tax Collector at Trier by 548 was in a position to have interceded for him.[8] By his wife he had the following issue: Ferreolus, Senator of Narbonne, father of the Gallo-Roman Senator Ansbertus. Settipani here cites Paul the Deacon in his work on the Bishops of Metz where Agilulf, Bishop of Metz, brother of Ansbert and uncle of Arnoald Bishop of Metz, was referred to as the "son of a senator".[9] Metz was in the Kingdom of Austrasia and Austrasia controlled Provence which included Uzes. Although Tonantius Ferreolus who was attested at Narbo likely took the side of the Goths before the death of Alaric II, by the mid 6th century his family had clearly relocated to within Frankish territory which began west of Uzes and extended Eastward. Nîmes, just to the south and a little west of Uzes was in Visigothic hands until the Arab capture in the 8th century. Settipani, based on his reading of Paul the Deacon and the fact that the name Ferreolus was associated with the name Ansbert in two Autun Bishops in a Burgundian see that was regarded as both being hereditary and having ties with the Syagrii-Ferreoli, was persuaded apparently to accept the slightly confused 9th century account stating that the senator in question was a "Ferreolus." Settipani suggests this Ferreolus tentatively as a son of Tonantius Ferreolus and Industria. Settipani further suggests that this son married to a daughter of Frankish Ripuarian Royal house which had survived through the clemency of Theoderic of Austrasia who was thought to have been a son of Clovis' 1st wife, an unattested daughter of Sigebert, the penultimate Ripuarian Frankish king. Kelley had come to the same or a similar conclusion in 1947 [10] but it appears from those who cite him that the original idea was that Ansbertus was a son of Tonantius Ferreolus and not a grandson. Firminus, Bishop of Uzès in 507 (ca 490 – 538, 551 or October 11, 553); Feast Day October 11.[11][12]
   
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5. Title: rootsweb.com - Tonantius Ferreolus, Gallo Roman Senator
   Publication: Name: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/MARTEL.htm;
   Note: Tonantius Ferreolus was a Gallo-Roman Senator who lived in Narbonne (Narbo) between c.479 and his death. he was also present in Rome in 469 and 475 and was a friend and relative of Sidonius Apollinaris. Tonantius married Industria whose mother, Eulalia, was a first cousin of Sidonius Apollinaris.(1) Narbo was in the realm of the Visigoths and Tonantius Ferreolus likely remained loyal to Euric and Alaric prior to the Battle of Vouille. After the fall of Alaric's kingdom, southern Gaul, including Narbo was briefly under the control of the Italian Ostrogoths. After the fall of the Burgundian kingdom in the early 530's the Austrasian Franks under Theodoric took control from Burgundy to Provence as far as the Mediterranean from Uzes to the Italian border, leaving Narbo in the hands of the Visigoths. Tonantius Ferreolus was a witness when Sidonius Apollinaris, then bishop of Clermont, between 461 and 467, sent a letter to his friend, Donidius, describing a visit he made, a "most delightful time in the most beautiful country in the company of Tonantius Ferreolus (the elder) and Apollinaris, the most charming hosts in the world". Tonantius was on the estates of his father when Sidonius Apollinaris visited between 461 and 467. As Sidonius relates, "at Prusianum, as the other (estate) is called, (the young) Tonantius and his brothers turned out of their beds for us because we could not be always dragging our gear about: they are surely the elect among the nobles of our own age". He was visited by his cousin Saint Apollinaris of Valence in 517.(2) Issue- 4I. FERREOLUS- m.1. c.530 _____-, 2. Saint DODE II. Ruricius- d.c.507. Bishop of Uzes III. Firminus- d. 11 Oct. c.553. Bishop of Uzes IV. Fidentius- father of St. Ferreolus, Bishop of Uzes and Saint Tarsicia or Rodez.