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6 X 10.Three Lines.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-76239-7 - Social Mobility in Late Antique Gaul: Strategies and Opportunities for the Non-Elite Allen E. Jones Index More information INDEX iii A. Lurius Geminius, 254 Antoninus of Ephesus, magus, 288n Acts of Pilate, 193 Antonius (Patroclus’s brother), 139 Adalgisel-Grimo, deacon, 227 Apollinaris of Clermont, bishop, 116, Aemilianus, abbot, 174–76, 177 123, 124n Aeonius of Arles, bishop, 38 Aquilinus, aristocrat, 93 Aetius, master of soldiers, 87 Aquilinus, ill at Tours, 314–15 Aetius of Amida, 255 Arcadius, aristocrat, 123, 124n Agapetus, Pope, 41, 255 Aredius of Limoges, abbot, 72, 136–39, Agapius of Alexandria, 254 143–44, 157, 172n, 178, 179, Agde, council (506), 39, 217, 218, 301 340 Ageric of Verdun, bishop, 332, 334 Aregund, queen, 153 Agnes, abbess at Poitiers, 48 aristocrats and aristocracies, 6, 16, 20, 74–77, Agretia, noblewoman at Arles, 311–13 90–94, 180n, 281, 336 Agricola of Bologna (Saint), 234 aristocratic views of society, 77–90 Agricola of Chalon-sur-Saône, bishop, 120 aristocrats at court, 103–14 Ahaziah, king, 315 attributes of aristocrats, 82–88 Alaric II, king of the Visigoths, 30, 39, 78, 146 control of written evidence, 19, 23–73, 336 Albinus of Angers, bishop, 47, 208 ecclesiastical aristocrats, 19, 74, 114–27, Albinus, governor of Provençe, 184 214–16, 337 Alcima, aristocrat, 123–24 landed aristocrats, 91, 94–103, Alexander of Tralles, 255 largely immune from imprisonment, 181, Alexio, physician, 252 182–85 Amantius of Clermont, 100–03, 107, 109, 110, magical conduct, 296–99, 311–12 127, 339 parvenus and protégés, 100–03, 105–14, Amelius of Bigorra, bishop, 328 118–20, 127–28 Ammianus Marcellinus, 285, 286, 290 Arles, Anagild of Brioude, beggar, 222, 247 council (524), 40 Anastasius, emperor, 36 council (554), 217 Anastasius of Clermont, priest, 133, 229, 235 Armentaria (Gregorius’s wife), 94, 137n, 336 Anatolius of Bordeaux, hermit, 342 Armentaria (Gregory’s mother), 51, 53, 54, 55, Andarchius, royal agent, 104, 106–07, 108, 94, 95, 114, 115, 139, 282 110, 112, 113, 127, 139, 175, 176, 177, 179, Armentarius of Langres, bishop, 114 233, 339, 340 Armentarius of Lyons, count, 208 Andrew (Saint), 44 Armentarius, cleric, 282n Anianus of Orléans (Saint), 126 Armentarius, physician, 262, 268, 271, 281, Animodius, royal agent, 134 282n Anthimus, physician, 255, 257 Artemia (Florentinus’s wife), 94 Anthony of Egypt (Saint), 27 Asclepius, 287 Antichrist, 239 Athanasius of Alexandria, 27, 291n Antolianus of Clermont (Saint), 123 Athanasius, charioteer, 286 369 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-76239-7 - Social Mobility in Late Antique Gaul: Strategies and Opportunities for the Non-Elite Allen E. Jones Index More information 370 index Attila, domesticus at Paris, 269 Brunhild, queen, 45, 50, 51, 55, 59, 60, 62n, Attila, king of the Huns, 126 96, 104, 105, 117, 165, 181, 183n, 197, Auchenius, charioteer, 286 321n Audovera, queen, 58n Augustine of Hippo, 24, 36n, 37n, 39, 43, Caesaria of Arles, abbess, 40 148n, 157, 256, 260n, 288, 289, 292, Caesarius of Arles, bishop, 24, 38–44, 46, 294, 337 56, 72, 77, 114, 132, 140, 158, 160, 166, Augustus, emperor, 253 213, 220, 235, 247, 248, 265, 274n, 294, Aurelius of Le Puy, bishop, 239, 330 313–14, 321, 337, 339 Auriolus, tempestarius, 295 and healing, 43–44, 273–78, 296–97, Ausonius of Bordeaux, 25, 256n, 257n 310–13 Austrapius, duke, 122 critical of enchanters, 294, 295n, 300, 301, Austrechild, queen, 250, 251, 260, 278, 303 304, 316–20, 341–42 Auxerre, council (561/605), 322 favorable toward physicians, 272–73, 276, Avitus I of Clermont, bishop, 116–17, 123, 279, 280–81, 319 124n, 144n, 166, 180, 270–71n Caesarius of Constantinople, 256 Avitus II of Clermont, bishop, 116n Caluppa, recluse, 166–67 Avitus of Vienne, 24, 25, 26, 35–38, 52, Carpentras, council (527), 40, 41 114, 37n, 204n, 256, 274n, 280, Cassian, John, 293n 281, 339 Cassius Felix, physician, 255 Cato the Elder, 252, 261, 282 Badegisel of Le Mans, bishop, 96, 122 Cato of Clermont, priest, 116, 229–30 Basil of Caesarea, 222n Cautinus of Clermont, bishop, 116, 132–33, Basina, nun (Chilperic’s daughter), 126 229–30, 235, 270n Baudegisilus, cleric, 243 Celsus (Saint), 165 Baudonivia of Poitiers, 279 Chaldaean Oracles, 291 Baxo, client of Ruricius, 204n Chalon-sur-Sâone, council (579), 240 Becco, count, 190 Chanao, count, 185n Bede, 262 Chararic, king of Galicia, 200 beggars, 158, 161–63, 169–71, 220, 221–26; see Charibert, king of the Franks, 45, 46, 91, 96n, also registered poor (matricularii) 108, 109, 110, 122, 125, 126, 334n Benignus of Dijon (Saint), 53, 54 Childebert I, king of the Franks, 42, 45, Bennadius of Reims, bishop, 227 92, 139, 146 Beretrude (Launebode’s wife), 125 Childebert II, king of the Franks, 45, 59, Berthegund, nun, 137, 153–54, 155 60–61, 72, 104, 105, 134, 154, 160, 196, Bertram of Bordeaux, bishop, 125, 147, 148, 197, 219, 236, 260, 303, 321n 153, 154 Childeric, king of the Franks, 2, 3, 4, 12, 127 Bertram of Le Mans, bishop, 227 Chilperic, king of the Burgundians, 142 Bibianus (Saint), 124, 125 Chilperic, king of the Franks, 45, 50, 51, Biographical Database for Late Antiquity, 18 58–59, 58n, 59n, 60, 68, 86, 96, Boniface II, Pope, 41 96n, 98, 110–12, 113, 114, 119n, Bonitus of Clermont, bishop, 116n, 278 122, 126, 133, 159, 160, 165n, 182, Brachio, abbot, 174–77, 179, 218, 340 183n, 184, 186, 231, 245n, 258, Breviarium Alaricianum, 30, 39, 78 259, 261n, 272, 295n, 302, 307, 321, Brown, Peter, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 62, 216 322, 324, 339 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-76239-7 - Social Mobility in Late Antique Gaul: Strategies and Opportunities for the Non-Elite Allen E. Jones Index More information index 371 Chlodobert (Chilperic’s son), 302, 307n Damian of Cyrrhus (Saint), 268 Chlodomer, king of the Franks, 185n David, king, 57, 64, 341 Chlothar I, king of the Franks, 42, 45, 46, de Nie, Giselle, 62 55, 60, 65, 92, 96n, 106, 121, 122, Decius, emperor, 64, 214 125, 133, 151, 153, 218, 230, 301, Denis of Paris (Saint), 64n, 126, 243, 335, 337 244 Chlothar II, king of the Franks, 59, 61, Deodatus, priest, 170n 62n, 335 Desiderius, incantator, 324–25, 333, 334 Chramnesind, citizen of Tours, 86–87 Deuteria (Theudebert’s wife), 96–97 Chramn (Chlothar’s son), 92, 301 Devil (Satan), 293, 295, 318, 319, 325, Christ, 29n, 238, 288, 311 329, 342 Chus (Noah’s grandson), 293 Diana (goddess), 144 Cicero, 10,, 24, 252 Dill, Samuel, 1, 13, 14 Clara (Francilio of Tours’ wife), 120 Dionysius, physician, 256 Claudius, emperor, 253 Dioscurus, physician, 256 Claudius, royal agent, 60, 231–32 divination, 287, 296, 301, 316, 321–22, Cleanthus, physician, 252 322–23, 342 Clermont, council (535), 227n Domitianus of Angers, bishop, 47 Clotild, nun (Charibert’s daughter), 126 Donatus and Nicholas, physicians, 250, Clotild, queen, 118n, 121, 124n, 127, 133, 171, 251, 278n 298, 340 doorkeepers (ostiarii), 197, 233, 234, Clovis, king of the Franks, 3, 4, 12, 30, 31, 35, 235–36, 246 36, 39, 41, 45, 57, 64, 91n, 96, 121, 127, dreams; see visions and dreams 258, 279 Droctegisel of Soissons, bishop, 300 Clovis (Chilperic’s son), 58n, 165n, 302n Dynamius, governor of Provence, 236, 238 Codex Euricianus, 30 Collectio Vetus Gallica, 66 Eberulf, treasurer, 60, 133, 231–32, Conda, domesticus, 105–06, 127, 338 272, 282 Constantine I, emperor, 216, 254 Eborinus, count at Tours, 209n Constantius II, emperor, 256, 289, 290n education and literacy, 44, 52, 104, 106–07, Constantius of Lyons, 27, 28, 193 112, 113, 134, 139, 171, 176, 254–56, Contumeliosus of Riez, bishop, 41 310, 339–40 Cosmas of Cyrrhus (Saint), 268 Egidius of Reims, bishop, 55, 60, 85, 105, 117 cult of saints, 9–10, 11, 37, 52–54, 89–90, 118, Eligius of Noyon (Saint), 302 143, 181, 214, 225, 242, 266–78, 284, Elijah, prophet, 315 310–20; see also prisoners, ritual of Emerius of Saintes, bishop, 125 miraculous release enchanters (incantatores), 21–22, 263, Cuppa, count of the stables, 96, 98, 122, 283–84, 332–35, 343; see also 133–34 divination; folk healers; magic Cyrillus of Trier, bishop, 100 actively opposed by ecclesiastics, 320–32 activities common throughout Late Dagobert I, king of the Franks, 126n Antiquity, 285–92, 294–96 Dagobert (Chilperic’s son), 302, 307n and the law, 304–08 Dalton, O. M., 251 disparaged and demonized by clerics, Damasus, Pope, 234 314–20 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-76239-7 - Social Mobility in Late Antique Gaul: Strategies and Opportunities for the Non-Elite Allen E. Jones Index More information 372 index enchanters (incantatores) (cont.) Flavius Ioseph, physician, 259 primarily from low social ranks, 285–86, Flavius Phoebammon, physician, 254n 301–04, 309, 323, 328, 335 Florentinus, senator, 94 terminology, 293 Foedamia of Brioude, beggar, 224–26, 242, Ennodius of Pavia, bishop, 256, 280 248 Epaon, council (517), 35, 37, 38 folk healers, 252, 261, 263–65, 276n, 279, 299, Eparchius Avitus, emperor, 124 300, 308–10, 314, 316, 321, 341, 343; Eparchius of Angouleme, recluse, 210, see also enchanters, magic 211–12 Francilio of Tours, bishop, 118, 120 Eparchius of Clermont, bishop, 116 Fredegar, 59n, 165n, 278, 303 Ephesus, council (449), 291 Fredegund, queen, 58–59, 60, 61, 67–68, Epiphanius of Fréjus, bishop, 183n 69, 88, 96, 98, 111–12, 114, 183n, episcopa (Namatius’s wife), 123 184, 231, 251, 302–03, 305, 306–07, Epistulae Austrasicae, 26 334, 339 Erminethrudis, widow, 226n Friardus of Besné, recluse, 166 ethnicity and ethnogenesis,
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