Flavius Sanctus

Flavius Sanctus was a governor of one of the provinces, Rutupine (now Richborough Castle),^[1][2] of Roman Britain during the mid fourth century AD and was part of the Gallo-Roman aristrocracy and 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.^[6] Sanctus married Namia Pudentilla, a sister of Ausonius's wife's and Sanctus was praised in one of Ausonius's poems.^[7][8]

Aside from being a Christian,^[9] 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.
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 1101160403. 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.
6. Hughes, David (2007). The British Chronicles, Volume 1. Heritage Books. p. 126. ISBN 0788444905. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
7. Sivan, Hagith (2003). Ausonius of Bordeaux: Genesis of a Gallic Aristocracy. Routledge. p. 59. ISBN 1134884494. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
8. Ashley, Michael (2002). A Brief History of British Kings & Queens. p. 421. ISBN 0786711043.
9. Petts, David (2003). Christianity in Roman Britain. Tempus Books. p. 43. ISBN 0752425404. Retrieved September 8, 2015.