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It is believed that he is the same Palladius that is earlier described as the deacon of Saint Germanus of Auxerre.

If this is the case, then he was the son of Exuperantius of Poitiers, of whom the contemporary pagan poet Rutilius Claudius Namatianus wrote: " Even now his father Exuperantius trains the Armoric sea-board to love the recovery of peace ; he re-establishes the laws, brings freedom back and suffers not the inhabitants to be their servants ' slaves.

" Exuperantius was apparently praefectus praetorio Galliarum (" Praetorian prefect of the Gallic provinces ") when killed in an army mutiny at Arles in 424.