The Nicene Age · AD 313–400

Severianus

Pelagian bishop, early fifth century (dates unrecorded) · Pelagian bishop · Father of Agricola · Britannia or Gaul

The Nicene Age

Who Severianus was

Named by Prosper in the same sentence as his son Agricola, and known only from it. Whether he held a see in Britain or in Gaul the notice does not say, and the archive does not guess.

Verified single attestation

Named once in the sources within the horizon; no other ancient witness names him.

Also listed in bishops beyond the great sees.

Common questions

When did Severianus live?

Severianus is dated Pelagian bishop, early fifth century (dates unrecorded) in the archive, which places Severianus in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400).

Which early sources mention Severianus?

Severianus is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Prosper of Aquitaine. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Severianus from?

The archive associates Severianus with Britannia or Gaul.

Who were Severianus’ contemporaries?

The archive links Severianus to 2 other figures, including Agricola the Pelagian and Pelagius. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

Primary-source mentions (1)

Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Epitoma Chronicon, s.a. 429

c. AD 440
Agricola, the Pelagian, son of the Pelagian bishop Severianus…
Prosper of Aquitaine · Epitoma Chronicon s.a. 429

Prosper of Aquitaine’s continuation of Jerome’s chronicle, written in Gaul and carried down to AD 455. Edited by Theodor Mommsen in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Chronica Minora I (1892).

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