Papianilla

Personal and Family Information

Papianilla was born about 0430, the daughter of Eparchius Avitus but her mother is unknown. The place is not known.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Source: Avitus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avitus

Avitus was born in Clermont to a family of the Gallo-Roman nobility. His father was possibly Agricola, consul in 421. Avitus had two sons, Agricola and Ecdicius Avitus and a daughter Papianilla; she married Sidonius Apollinaris, whose letters and panegyrics remain an important source for Avitus' life and times.

!Source: Papianilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papianilla_

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Papianilla was an aristocrat of Roman Gaul.[1] She was the daughter of future Western Roman Emperor Eparchius Avitus, and wife of bishop, author, and letter-writer Sidonius Apollinaris.[2][3]

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Her father, Eparchius Avitus, rose from the Gallo-Roman senatorial aristocracy to become Western Roman Emperor from 455 CE to 456 CE.[4] Papianilla had two brothers, Agricola and Ecdicius, and possibly some sisters; she was related to another Papianilla . The family lived in the Auvergne region.[3]

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Before her father's rise to the throne , she married Sidonius Apollinaris, another aristocrat, who may have been a distant maternal relative.[3] The marriage was highly advantageous for Sidonius, making him part of the most powerful family in the region.[3][5] They had three or four children: Apollinaris, Severiana, Roscia and Alcima . A number of Sidonius' letters were addressed to her.[5]

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Papianilla brought her husband the estate called Avitacum[6] in Auvergne. Her husband gave away silver vessels from their home to the poor, but she criticised him so he bought them back.[7]