Ruricius was born about 0435, the son of Tonantius Ferreolus and Papianilla. The place is not known.
He died on 25 APR 0501. The place is not known.
His wife was Hiberia. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Hiberie (c0460-?).
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| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
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| Birth | ABT 435 | ||||
| Death | 25 APR 501 |
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!StyleName: Ruricius Bishop of Limoges [then Augustoritum], Bishop of Uzès [~435 - ~1957]
!Source: Rusticus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusticus_
Rusticus
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Saint Rusticus , the successor of Saint Lupicinus of Lyon , served as Archbishop of Lyon from 494 to April 501.[1] Later canonized and venerated in the Catholic Church, his feast day is 25 April.
Family
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He and his brother St. Viventiolus were the sons of Aquilinus , a nobleman at Lyon. Aquilinus was the son of Tullia , the daughter of Saint Eucherius and his wife Gallia. Tullia's husband, whose name is unknown, was the son of Decimus Rusticus and his wife Artemia, and was a vicarius of a province in Gaul between 423 and 448 under Apollinaris, the father of Aquilinus' schoolfellow and friend, Sidonius Apollinaris .[citation needed]
Bishop
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Rusticus served for many years as a magistrate.[2] Around 494 he succeeded Lupicinus of Lyon as bishop. Shortly after his consecration, Rusticus sent some financial aid to Pope Gelasius I. Gelasius wrote back in February 494, recommending to the bishop's good offices Epiphanius of Pavia, who was on his way to Gaul to see to the ransom of certain captives held by the Burgundian king Gundobad.[3][4] According to Ennodius, among those freed were 400 from Lyon.[5]
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Marriage and issue
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Married before 480 to Hiberie de Limoges , daughter of Ruricius, Bishop of Limoges and his wife Hiberia, daughter of an Arvernian senator Ommatius.[6][7][8] Rusticus and his wife had three children:
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St. Sacerdos, Archbishop of Lyon[9]
Aurelianus of Arles[10]
Leontius, Archbishop of Lyon
Artemia,[9] the wife of Florentinus, born in 485, a senator, who were the parents of:
Gondulf of Provence, Duke, Bishop of Metz
Arthemia, wife of Munderic Vitrey, Pretender of Austrasia.[11][12][13]
St. Nicetius, Archbishop of Lyon[14]
!Source:Some Descendants of Tonantius FERREOLUS Praetorian Prefect of Gaul
http://washington.ancestryregister.com/FERREOLUS00006.htm#i11515
First Generation
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Tonantius FERREOLUS Praetorian Prefect of Gaul,2313 son of FERREOLUS Of GAUL and Daughter of Flavius Afranius SYAGRIUS, was born Abt 0420 and died Abt 0485 of Gaul. Tonantius married Living
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The Child from this marriage was:
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2. i. Tonantius FERREOLUS Senator of Narbonne 68 2314 was born Cir 0460 68 and died After 0475 of Narbonne, France.68
!Source: Tonantius Ferreolus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonantius_Ferreolus_
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tonantius Ferreolus was the praetorian prefect of Gaul from 451.
Life
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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]
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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.
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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]
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He had issue:
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Tonantius Ferreolus
Unattested son.
Unattested daughter married to Aspasius of Auch.
Ruricius , Bishop of Uzès. He was called Bishop of Uzes in the Life of Firminus.[6] Based on this occurrence, Stanford Mommaerts and 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. A significant number of researchers agree with this,[7] while 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 ,[11] it is likely there are aspects of the relationship between the Ruriciids and Ferreoli that are not yet explained by either theory.