Flavius Valila Theodosius Explained

Flavius Valila Theodosius or Theodobius (died before 483) was a Roman senator and military commander who held the office of magister militum in the west in 471. Valila, who was of Gothic origin, endowed a Christian church on his property near Tibur.^[1] At his death, he bequeathed the 4th century basilica of Junius Annius Bassus (consul of 331) on the Esquiline Hill in Rome to the Church,^[2] and Pope Simplicius dedicated it to St. Andrew, which later came to be known as Sant'Andrea Catabarbara.^[3]

References

• Christie, Neil, From Constantine to Charlemagne: an archaeology of Italy, AD 300-800, Ashgate Publishing, 2006,, p. 302.
• Lee, A.D., Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity, Routledge,, p. 232.
• Lizzi Testa, Rita, Senatori, popolo, papi, Edipuglia, 2004,, p. 99.
• Jones, A.H.M., and J.R. Martindale, "Valila", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol II

Notes and References

1. CIL VI.32169, 32221
2. Christie; Lee.
3. Lizzi Testa.