Tonantius Ferreolus (prefect)

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Tonantius Ferreolus, Prefect (405 or ca 420 – 475), was the Praetorian Prefect of Gaul (praefectus praetorio Galliarum) from 451. He was either "personally related to" or "connected through (...) relatives" with Sidonius Apollinaris,^{[citation needed]} and was associated with Thaumastus I (?) in the impeachment of Arvandus.^{[citation needed]} He was the son of Ferreolus, born say 390, and wife Syagria, clarissima femina (?), born say 390^{[citation needed]} , and thus maternal grandson of Flavius Afranius Syagrius, Consul in 382. He married Papianilla, clarissima femina, born ca 415, a niece of Emperor Avitus^{[citation needed]} and the first cousin of another Papianilla, wife of Sidonius Apollinaris, and they had many children, among whom Tonantius Ferreolus.^{[citation needed]} She was a partner who shared his troubles, according to Sidonius.

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• 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).