Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (236:49), he was "Vis Clarisimus" 507-511. Was a Roman commander at the battle of Chalons; at Rome in 469 and 475.

Weis' "Ancestral Roots . . ." (180:4) adds that he was a brother of Ruricus, Bishop of Uzes.

Comments posted to GEN-MEDIEVAL by Don Stone:
. . . "Tonantius Ferreolus; vir clarissimus; a senator of Narbonne; visited by his cousin St. Apollinaris of Valence in 517."