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Sidonius Apollinaris

Also: Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius

Born probably between 430 and 432, in Lugdunum (now Lyon, France). Died probably between 481 and 490, probably in Augustonemetum (Arverni), now Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Roman noble of Gaul, poet and letter writer, who became bishop of Clermont.

Wrote in Latin.

Places lived

  1. 430 to 455Lugdunum (now Lyon, France)bornyears probable
  2. 467 to 469Roma (now Rome, Italy)prefect
  3. 469 to 490Augustonemetum (Arverni), now Clermont-Ferrand, Francebishopyears probable

Works

1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.

How we know the dates and places
Born probable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidonius_Apollinaris : 5 November, about 430; O. M. Dalton, The Letters of Sidonius (1915), introduction (the text in the corpus)
Place of birth sure
O. M. Dalton, The Letters of Sidonius (1915), introduction (the text in the corpus); Sidonius, Letters 1.5 and 1.8; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/167717
Died probable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidonius_Apollinaris : alive in 481, dead by 490
Place of death probable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidonius_Apollinaris; Gregory of Tours, Histories 2.23; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138202
Lugdunum, years probable
O. M. Dalton, The Letters of Sidonius (1915), introduction (the text in the corpus)
Lugdunum, place sure
O. M. Dalton, The Letters of Sidonius (1915), introduction (the text in the corpus); site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/167717
Roma, years sure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidonius_Apollinaris : prefect of Rome 468-469; Sidonius, Letters 1.5 and 1.9
Roma, place sure
Sidonius, Letters 1.5 and 1.9; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025
Augustonemetum (Arverni), years probable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidonius_Apollinaris : elected bishop in 469; exile at Liviana 475 to 476 or 477
Augustonemetum (Arverni), place sure
Sidonius, Letters 3.1-3 and 7.1; Gregory of Tours, Histories 2.21-23; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138202