Adelfius I or Adelphius I was a

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of Augustoritum ( Limoges) in Haute Vienne from . Through his son or daughter, born around the same year, he was the grandfather of St Ruricius.Settipani, Christian. ADDENDUM et CORRIGIENDA (juillet 2000-octobre 2002) for Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiae Das Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines a L'Epoque Imperialle: Mythe et Realite''. http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/publications/volume-two.pdf Archived 2011-06-04 at the

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(2002)'' He was the son of Pontius (Paulinus), a nobleman of

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) born , and Anicia, the daughter of

Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius (''floruit'' 361384) was a Roman politician, ''praefectus urbi'' of Rome from 368 to 370 and Roman consul in 379. Olybrius has been characterized as belonging to "the breed of flexible politicians who did well ...

, one of the

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s for 379, and his wife Turrenia Anicia Juliana. Adelphius's older brother was named Hermogenianus.

Sources and references

* Gregory, Bishop of Tours, ''Historia Francorum (The History of the Franks)'' (London, England: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1974). *Ford Mommaerts-Browne, "A Speculation". *

Sidonius Apollinaris Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Sidonius Apollinaris (5 November of an unknown year, 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Sidonius is "the single most important surviving author from 5th-century Gaul ...

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