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 | Eparchius Avitus (PLRE 2, Avitus 5, 106-8) ( view the social network for this person / group ) |
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Exile Date | 17/10/456 (from: 17/10/456 to: --/--/--) |
Exile Date Notes | died soon after deposition |
Sources | Auctarium Prosperi Hauniensis 456 (MGH auct. ant. 9: 304); Hydatius Lemicus, chronica 183 (s.a. 456); Chronica Gallica 511, no. 628; Theophanes, AM 5948; John of Antioch frg. 225 (Mariev 412); Jordanes, Getica 240 (MGH AA 5:119); Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 456 (MGH AA 11.2:186); Gregorius of Tours, historiae 2.11 (MGH SRM 1.1:61); Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 2.7; Auctarium Prosperi Hauniensis, s.a. 456; |
Locations view exile locations
Location of exile's previous office | |
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Location exiled from | Placentia [Piacenza] |
Location exiled to | Placentia [Piacenza] |
Location(s) arrived at | Placentia [Piacenza] |
Date of arrival | after 17/10/456 (from: 17/10/456 to: --/--/--) |
Relationship to location | alien place |
Type of location | city |
Reason for leaving | n/a |
Location(s) exile returned to | |
Location of office after return |
Activities in Exile
Activities Related to Doctrine | |
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Died in exile? | yes |
Reason for death | |
Writings in Exile | unknown |
Legal details
Threat only | no |
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Refuge from judicial proceedings | yes |
Consequence of asylum | no |
Offenses exiled for/accused of | Usurpation |
Legal type of exile | unknown |
Additional punishments | |
Intended duration | permanent |
Actual duration | permanent |
Notes on core legal details | according to Gregogy of Tours he was trying to flee to the Church of Julianus Avernus the martyr (unidentified) to avoid prosecution by the senate, but died on way. |
Returned? | no |
Reason for return | |
Deposed by synod? | no |
Synod deposed by | |
Returned by synod? | no |
Synod returned by |
Religious status, office and affiliation
Religious status before exile | lay |
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Religious status during exile | ?? |
Religious status after return | n/a |
Clerical or ascetic office before exile | |
Clerical or ascetic office during exile | bishop |
Clerical or ascetic office after return | n/a |
Enforced rank change? | yes |
Notes on clerical and ascetic office | he was deposed as emperor |
Religious affiliation before exile | |
Religious affiliation during exile | |
Religious affiliation after return |
Died in exile? | yes |
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Reason for death |
Cult
Venerated as a saint? | No |
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Date | (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--) |
Cult site | |
Relics |
Exile Relationships: Interactions
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Interaction Date 456 (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--) Interaction Location Office Bishop Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile) Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) cleric Relationship Quality support Notes Responsible for rank change Yes -
Interaction Date 17/10/456 (from: 17/10/456 to: --/--/--) Interaction Location Placentia [Piacenza] Office magister militum (west) Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile) Arian Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) lay Relationship Quality conflict Notes implied but not clearly attested that Ricimer deposed Avitus Responsible for exile (or exile threat) Responsible for rank change Yes Yes