* February 5 – Avitus, archbishop of Vienne

* Avitus, archbishop of Vienne ( approximate date )

Meanwhile Hormisdas reported to Avitus of Vienne that an additional number of Balkan bishops had entered into relations with Rome, and Bishop John of Nicopolis, who was also the archbishop of Epirus, had broken communion with Constantinople and resumed it with Rome.

He was one of four fifth-to sixth-century Gallo-Roman aristocrats whose letters survive in quantity ; the others are Ruricius bishop of Limoges ( died 507 ), Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, bishop of Vienne ( died 518 ) and Magnus Felix Ennodius of Arles, bishop of Ticinum ( died 534 ).

A surviving letter from Avitus of Vienne, congratulating Clovis on his baptism, makes no mention of the supposed recent battlefield conversion.

However, a letter written by Avitus, bishop of Vienne, consoling Gundobad on the death of an unnamed daughter, gives details that suggest there was more to the story.

One usage of Hesperia in classical times was as a synonym for Italy, and it is noticeable that some of the vocabulary and stylistic devices of these pieces originated not among the Irish, but with the priestly and rhetorical poets who flourished within the Vatican-dominated world ( especially in Italy, Gaul, Spain and Africa ) between the fourth and the sixth centuries, such as Juvencus, Avitus of Vienne, Dracontius, Ennodius and Venantius Fortunatus.

Sigismund was a student of Avitus of Vienne, the Catholic bishop of Vienne who converted Sigismund from the Arian faith of his Burgundian forebears.

Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus ( c. 470 – February 5, 523 ) was a Latin poet and archbishop of Vienne in Gaul.

Avitus was probably born at Vienne, for he was baptized by bishop Mamertus.

* Avitus of Vienne, Selected Letters and Prose.

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Its most famous bishop was Avitus of Vienne.

He was one of four fifth to sixth-century Gallo-Roman aristocrats whose letters survive in quantity: the others are Sidonius Apollinaris, prefect of Rome in 468 and bishop of Clermont ( died 485 ), Ruricius bishop of Limoges ( died 507 ) and Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, bishop of Vienne ( died 518 ).

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St. Mamertus was the founder of the Rogation Processions, according to Sidonius Apollinaris, and his second successor, Avitus In connexion with these intercessory processions, Mamertus summoned a synod at Vienne between 471 and 475.

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His mother Julia Avita Mamaea was the second daughter of Julia Maesa and Syrian noble Julius Avitus and maternal aunt of Emperor Elagabalus.

As a private citizen, he was probably named Sextus Varius Avitus Bassiansus.

His grandmother Julia Maesa was the widow of the Consul Julius Avitus, the sister of Julia Domna, and the sister-in-law of emperor Septimius Severus.

* 455 – Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

* 456 – Battle of Placentia: Ricimer, supported by Majorian ( comes domesticorum ), defeats near Piacenza ( Northern Italy ) the Roman usurper Avitus.

* 456 – The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus, invade Spain with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc.

* 456 – Magister militum Ricimer defeats Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.

* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.

Born Varius Avitus Bassianus on May 16, 205, known later as M. Aurelius Antonius, he was appointed at an early age to be priest of the sun God, Elagabalus, represented by a phallus, by which name he is known to historians ( his name is sometimes written " Heliogabalus ").

The last indication that the Goths whose king reigned at Toulouse considered themselves Vesi is found in a panegyric on Avitus by Sidonius Apollinaris dated 1 January 456.

* Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus and Titus Statilius Maximus become Roman Consuls.

* Maximus appoints Avitus, most trusted general, to the rank of magister militum and sends him on an embassy to Toulouse to gain support of the Visigoths.

* September 21 – Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army.

* Emperor Avitus sends a Germanic naval expedition under command of Ricimer to defend Sicily.

Backed by his popularity, he gains the consent of the Senate for an expedition against Avitus.

* October 5 – The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of Avitus, invade Spain with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by their kings Chilperic I and Gondioc.

* October 17 – Battle of Placentia: Ricimer, supported by Majorian ( comes domesticorum ), defeats near Piacenza ( Northern Italy ) the usurper Avitus.

They compel him to renounce the purple and Avitus is oblige to become bishop of Piacenza.

He married Julia Soaemias, and was the supposed father of Varius Avitus Bassianus, the later Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known as Elagabalus.

A prominent general of the Late Roman army, Majorian deposed Emperor Avitus in 457 and succeeded him.

It is not known if Majorian expected to succeed him ; the new Emperor was, in fact, the Gallic-Roman noble Avitus, who had the support of the Visigoths.

Both Majorian, comes domesticorum, and Ricimer, comes, initially supported Avitus, but when the Emperor lost the loyalty of the Italian aristocracy, the two generals revolted against him.

First Majorian and Ricimer killed Remistus, the magister militum entrusted by Avitus with the defence of the capital, Ravenna.