Syagrii Explained

The Syagrii were an aristocratic family in late antique Gaul during the fourth and fifth centuries. The family was particularly associated with Gallia Lugdunensis (Lyons), and their family seat was located in the area of Augustodunum (Autun).^[1]

Important members of the family were:

• Flavius Syagrius, Consul in 381.^[2]
• Afranius Syagrius, Consul in 382
• Aegidius, magister militum per Gallias under Majorian from 458, and ruler of the Roman rump state of Soissons (Noviodunum) from 461 to his death in 464 or 465.
• Syagrius, son of the preceding, Roman general and ruler of the rump state of Soissons from 464 to 486.
• Desideratus of Verdun (d. 554), bishop of Verdun and father of Syagrius of Autun.
• Syagrius of Autun, Bishop of Autun (d. 600)^[3] son of Desideratus of Verdun.
• Sigrada of Alsace, (d. 689) mother of Count Warin of Poitiers

Notes and References

1. Book: Dill . Samuel . Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire . 1898 . Macmillan . London . 168 . Feb 22, 2021.
2. Book: Clinton . Henry Fynes . Fasti Romani: Appendix. From the death of Augustus to the death of Heraclius . Oxford University Press . 124 . Feb 22, 2021.
3. Halfond . Greg . All the King's Men: Episcopal Political Loyalties in the Merovingian Kingdoms . Medieval Prosopography . 2012 . 27 . 76-96 . Feb 22, 2021. "Although Syagrius was almost certainly a member of one of the most distinguished families of southern Gaul, the Syagrii, a precise genealogy has never been worked out for its numerous members;"