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'''Flavius Sanctus''' was a [[governor]] of the province of Rutupine (now [[Richborough Castle]]),<ref>{{cite book |last=Wright |first=Thomas |date=1854 |title=Wanderings of an Antiquary: Chiefly Upon the Traces of the Romans in Britain |url=https://archive.org/details/wanderingsanant00wriggoog |quote=Flavius Sanctus governor. |publisher=J. B. Nichols and Sons |page=[https://archive.org/details/wanderingsanant00wriggoog/page/n139 98] |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Michael E. |date=1998 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hBNr765THaIC |
'''Flavius Sanctus''' was a [[governor]] of the province of Rutupine (now [[Richborough Castle]]),<ref>{{cite book |last=Wright |first=Thomas |date=1854 |title=Wanderings of an Antiquary: Chiefly Upon the Traces of the Romans in Britain |url=https://archive.org/details/wanderingsanant00wriggoog |quote=Flavius Sanctus governor. |publisher=J. B. Nichols and Sons |page=[https://archive.org/details/wanderingsanant00wriggoog/page/n139 98] |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Michael E. |date=1998 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hBNr765THaIC&dq=Flavius+Sanctus+governor&pg=PA153 |title=The End of Roman Britain |pages=153–154 |publisher=[[Cornell University Press]] |isbn=0801485304 |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> of [[Roman Britain]] during the mid fourth century AD. Part of the [[Gallo-Roman culture|Gallo-Roman aristocracy]], he may have descended from a Sanctus, member of the [[Gallic Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Salway |first=Peter |date=2001 |title=A History of Roman Britain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spyCIqTzJu0C&dq=Flavius+Sanctus+governor&pg=PA254 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=254 |isbn=0192801384 |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mattingly |first=David |date=2008 |title=AN Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0wNW2dBYvEC&dq=Flavius+Sanctus+governor&pg=PT226 |publisher=[[Penguin Group]] |isbn=978-1101160404 |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> |
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It was also believed he may have been a commander at [[Regulbium]] and Richborough Castle but he may have simply lived there.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Charles Roach |date=1850 |title=The Antiquities of Richborough, Reculver, and Lymne, in Kent |url=https://archive.org/details/antiquitiesrich00fairgoog |quote=Flavius Sanctus governor. |publisher=John Russell Smith Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/antiquitiesrich00fairgoog/page/n35 11] |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> Roman emperor [[Constans]] appointed a Roman emperor whose name is unknown and was eventually replaced by Sanctus.{{cn|date=September 2018}} Sanctus married Namia Pudentilla, a sister of [[Ausonius]]'s wife's and Sanctus was praised in one of Ausonius's poems.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sivan |first=Hagith |date=2003 |title=Ausonius of Bordeaux: Genesis of a Gallic Aristocracy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJWJAgAAQBAJ |
It was also believed he may have been a commander at [[Regulbium]] and Richborough Castle but he may have simply lived there.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Charles Roach |date=1850 |title=The Antiquities of Richborough, Reculver, and Lymne, in Kent |url=https://archive.org/details/antiquitiesrich00fairgoog |quote=Flavius Sanctus governor. |publisher=John Russell Smith Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/antiquitiesrich00fairgoog/page/n35 11] |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> Roman emperor [[Constans]] appointed a Roman emperor whose name is unknown and was eventually replaced by Sanctus.{{cn|date=September 2018}} Sanctus married Namia Pudentilla, a sister of [[Ausonius]]'s wife's and Sanctus was praised in one of Ausonius's poems.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sivan |first=Hagith |date=2003 |title=Ausonius of Bordeaux: Genesis of a Gallic Aristocracy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJWJAgAAQBAJ&dq=Flavius+Sanctus+governor&pg=PA59 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |page=59 |isbn=1134884494 |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ashley |first=Michael |date=2002 |title=A Brief History of British Kings & Queens |publisher= |page=421 |isbn=0786711043 }}<!--|accessdate=September 8, 2015--></ref> |
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Aside from being a Christian,<ref>{{cite book |last=Petts |first=David |date=2003 |title=Christianity in Roman Britain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3z4QAQAAIAAJ&q=Flavius+Sanctus+governor |
Aside from being a Christian,<ref>{{cite book |last=Petts |first=David |date=2003 |title=Christianity in Roman Britain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3z4QAQAAIAAJ&q=Flavius+Sanctus+governor |publisher=Tempus Books |page=43 |isbn=0752425404 |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> not many details about him are known. |
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Latest revision as of 20:11, 30 April 2022
Flavius Sanctus was a governor of the province of Rutupine (now Richborough Castle),[1][2] of Roman Britain during the mid fourth century AD. Part of the Gallo-Roman aristocracy, he may have descended from a Sanctus, member of the Gallic Empire.[3][4]
It was also believed he may have been a commander at Regulbium and Richborough Castle but he may have simply lived there.[5] Roman emperor Constans appointed a Roman emperor whose name is unknown and was eventually replaced by Sanctus.[citation needed] Sanctus married Namia Pudentilla, a sister of Ausonius's wife's and Sanctus was praised in one of Ausonius's poems.[6][7]
Aside from being a Christian,[8] not many details about him are known.
References
[edit]- ^ Wright, Thomas (1854). Wanderings of an Antiquary: Chiefly Upon the Traces of the Romans in Britain. J. B. Nichols and Sons. p. 98. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
Flavius Sanctus governor.
- ^ Jones, Michael E. (1998). The End of Roman Britain. Cornell University Press. pp. 153–154. ISBN 0801485304. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Salway, Peter (2001). A History of Roman Britain. Oxford University Press. p. 254. ISBN 0192801384. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Mattingly, David (2008). AN Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409. Penguin Group. ISBN 978-1101160404. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Smith, Charles Roach (1850). The Antiquities of Richborough, Reculver, and Lymne, in Kent. John Russell Smith Press. p. 11. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
Flavius Sanctus governor.
- ^ Sivan, Hagith (2003). Ausonius of Bordeaux: Genesis of a Gallic Aristocracy. Routledge. p. 59. ISBN 1134884494. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Ashley, Michael (2002). A Brief History of British Kings & Queens. p. 421. ISBN 0786711043.
- ^ Petts, David (2003). Christianity in Roman Britain. Tempus Books. p. 43. ISBN 0752425404. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
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