Ennodius Messala

Ennodius Messala[1] was an Italian senator in Ostrogothic Italy. He was appointed consul for 506 with Areobindus Dagalaiphus Areobindus as his colleague.

His father was Anicius Probus Faustus, the leading supporter of Pope Symmachus in the Laurentian schism, and his brother was Rufius Magnus Faustus Avienus, one of the consuls for 502.[2] According to Magnus Felix Ennodius, Messala had a literary bent (Ep. 8.3, 9.12), and in 512 was engaged to a wealthy girl. (Ep. 9.26.35)

References

  1. Roger S. Bagnall; Alan Cameron; Seth R. Schwartz & Klaas A. Worp (1987). Consuls of the Later Roman Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 546–547. ISBN 1-55540-099-X.
  2. Jeffrey Richards, The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages (London:Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979), p. 79
Political offices
Preceded by
Theodorus
Flavius Sabinianus
Roman consul
506
with Areobindus Dagalaifus Areobindus
Succeeded by
Anastasius Augustus III
Venantius
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