Aquilinus, and Archimandrite
Aquilinus, Gallo-Roman correspondent of Sidonius Apollinaris (record also conflated with an archimandrite addressed by Theodoret of Cyrrhus)
This record conflates two distinct late-antique correspondents under a single garbled name ("Aquilinus, and Archimandrite"). (1) An archimandrite (monastic superior) addressed by Theodoret of Cyrrhus in three of his letters; in keeping with Theodoret's career (c. 393-460), this points to a Syrian monastic leader in the region of Cyrrhus and Antioch around the 440s, otherwise unattested and known only from the correspondence. (2) Aquilinus, a Gallo-Roman addressee of Sidonius Apollinaris (Epistula 5.9, c. 460s-470s); Sidonius writes to him as a hereditary friend, recalling that their fathers and grandfathers had served together, and dwelling on the bonds of inherited family friendship rather than recording offices or events. Neither figure has a securely established biography beyond these roles, and nothing further (dates, offices, deeds) should be inferred. The two are unrelated and appear to have been merged in error in this dataset.
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Total letters
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All letters (4)
←theodoret cyrrhus #27←theodoret cyrrhus #50←theodoret cyrrhus #137←sidonius apollinaris #5009
From Theodoret of Cyrrhusc. 440 AD
No one who has received the divine adoption mourns as an orphan, because no guardian care could be more powerful...
From Theodoret of Cyrrhusc. 440 AD
To the Archimandrite Gerontius,
From Theodoret of Cyrrhusc. 440 AD
To the Archimandrite John,
From Sidonius Apollinarisc. 467 AD
I count it as a debt you owe me, most excellent of men — if you agree that the reasons for our friendship are as...