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. 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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Jones, Michael E. (1998). The End of Roman Britain. Cornell University Press. pp. 153–154. ISBN 0801485304. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Salway, Peter (2001). A History of Roman Britain. Oxford University Press. p. 254. ISBN 0192801384. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Mattingly, David (2008). AN Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409. Penguin Group. ISBN 978-1101160404. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Sivan, Hagith (2003). Ausonius of Bordeaux: Genesis of a Gallic Aristocracy. Routledge. p. 59. ISBN 1134884494. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Ashley, Michael (2002). A Brief History of British Kings & Queens. p. 421. ISBN 0786711043.
  8. ↑ Petts, David (2003). Christianity in Roman Britain. Tempus Books. p. 43. ISBN 0752425404. Retrieved September 8, 2015.


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