Papianilla (wife of Sidonius Apollinaris)
Template:Short description Papianilla (floruit 455 CE) 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]
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 (wife of the prefect Tonantius Ferreolus). The family lived in the Auvergne region.[3]
Before her father's rise to the throne (455), 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 (the latter, mentioned only in Gregory of Tours and not in Sidonius' letters, being possibly another name for Severiana or Roscia). A number of Sidonius' letters were addressed to her.[5]
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]
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Sources
- "Papianilla 2", Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume 2, p. 830.