Victorius

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Victorius († 480 or 488 in Rome ) was the first traditional “Count” (actually comes ) of Auvergne from 470 to 480 .

Life

Victorius was of Gallo-Roman origin. No information has been passed on about his origins and youth.

The rex of the Visigoths , Eurich (II.), Broke the foedus with the Western Roman government in 468 and gradually conquered all areas between the Loire and the Pyrenees that were still under imperial rule . In the Auvergne, on the other hand, he encountered bitter resistance, which was ultimately also broken. Since Eurich had renounced the powerless government in Ravenna, but by no means waged war against the Romans as such, he appointed the Roman Victorius, who had the title of a dux , as "governor". During his nine-year tenure, Victorius had several churches built, expanded and decorated.

Victorius was personally friends with Bishop Sidonius Apollinaris of Clermont . Sidonius, who himself held high secular offices, extensively praises comes Victorius, his patron in secular and his son in ecclesiastical matters , in a letter from the year 477 and describes him as a pious and compassionate man.

Gregory of Tours, on the other hand, who lived about a century later, describes Victorius as comes who, on the basis of all kinds of accusations, had the distinguished Eucherius imprisoned and executed. Allegedly because of his dissolute love life, Victorius 480 had to flee from the angry Auvergners to Rome. He did not change his way of life, which is why he was stoned in Rome.

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literature

  • Gideon Maier: Officials and rulers in Romania Gothica. Comparative studies of the institutions of the East Germanic migration empires (= Historia. Individual writings, Vol. 181). Steiner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-515-08505-X .

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Remarks

  1. ^ Gregor von Tours, Historiae 2, 20: After his (Victorius') death, Euric ruled for four years .
  2. ↑ Notwithstanding, his term of office is sometimes set from 479 to 488.
  3. ↑ Which title is the right one, whether comes or dux , is controversial in research, see for example Gideon Maier: Officials and rulers in the Romania Gothica . Stuttgart 2005, pp. 252f.
  4. ^ A b c Gregory of Tours, Historiae 2, 20.
  5. ↑ Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae , Book 7, Chapter XVII


predecessor Office successor
Office newly created Count of Auvergne
471-480 		Apollonarius
personal data
SURNAME Victorius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Auvergne
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century
DATE OF DEATH 480 or 488
Place of death Rome