Exile Case

Here you will find information about an individual exile case and links which enable you to view exile locations on a map as well as visualise the relationships between people and groups using a network diagram.
Person/Group Sidonius Apollinaris (PLRE 2, Apollinaris 6; PCBE 4, Sidonius 1) ( view the social network for this person / group )
Exile Date 475/6 (from: --/--/475 to: --/--/476)
Sources Sidonius Apollinaris, epistula 4.10, 4.17, 4.22, 7.16, 8.3, 8.9 and 9.3

Locations view exile locations

Location of exile's previous office Augustonemetum [Clermont-Ferrand]
Location exiled from Augustonemetum [Clermont-Ferrand]
Location exiled to Liviana [Douzens]
Location(s) arrived at Liviana [Douzens]
Date of arrival 475/6 (from: --/--/475 to: --/--/476)
Relationship to location alien place
Type of location fortress
Reason for leaving allowed to move by authorities
   
Location(s) arrived at Burdigala [Bourdeaux]
Date of arrival 476 or 476-77 (from: --/--/476 to: --/--/477)
Relationship to location alien place
Type of location city
Reason for leaving recalled
Location(s) exile returned to Augustonemetum [Clermont-Ferrand]
Location of office after return Augustonemetum [Clermont-Ferrand]

Activities in Exile

Activities Related to Doctrine
Died in exile? no
Reason for death
Writings in Exile unknown

Legal details

Threat only no
Refuge from judicial proceedings no
Consequence of asylum no
Offenses exiled for/accused of
Legal type of exile relegatio, exilium
Additional punishments
Intended duration permanent
Actual duration permanent
Notes on core legal details exul
Returned? yes
Reason for return recalled
Deposed by synod? no
Synod deposed by
Returned by synod? no
Synod returned by

Religious status, office and affiliation

Religious status before exile clerical
Religious status during exile ??
Religious status after return clerical
Clerical or ascetic office before exile bishop
Clerical or ascetic office during exile
Clerical or ascetic office after return bishop
Enforced rank change? n/a
Religious affiliation before exile 'catholic'
Religious affiliation during exile 'catholic'
Religious affiliation after return 'catholic'
Died in exile? no

Cult

Venerated as a saint? Yes
Date sixth century (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
Notes Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, refers to Sidonius as a saint.
Cult site
Relics

Exile Relationships: Interactions

    Leo

  • Interaction Date 476 (from: --/--/476 to: --/--/476)
    Interaction Location
    Office
    Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
    Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) unknown
    Relationship Quality support
    Notes Sidonius (Ep. VIII/3) credits Leo as responsible for moving him from the Livia to Bordeaux.
    Responsible for moving exile to a different location
    Yes
  • Victorinus comes of Auvergne

  • Interaction Date 476 or 477 (from: --/--/476 to: --/--/477)
    Interaction Location
    Office Comes
    Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
    Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) lay
    Relationship Quality support
    Notes In late 476 or early 477, with the help of a patron (prob. Victorinus comes of Auvergne), Sidonius is permitted to return to Clermont (see Ep. 4.10.2 and PCBE).
    Responsible for moving exile to a different location
    Yes
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