Gratianus Funarius, also known as Gratianus Major , also known as Gratian the Elder, who was a soldier of the Roman Empire who flourished in the 4th century.... , a 4th century Roman
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean.... soldier. Father of the emperors Valens
Valens
Flamin Julius Valens was Roman Emperor , after he was given the Eastern part of the empire by his brother Valentinian I. Valens, sometimes known as the Last of the Romans, was defeated and killed in the Battle of Adrianople, which marked the beginning of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.... and Valentinian
Valentinian I
Flavius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian I, was Roman Emperor from 364 until his death. Valentinian is often referred to as the "last great western emperor".... and grandfather of:
Flavius Gratianus , known usually by the anglicised name Gratian, was a Western Roman Emperor from 375 to 383.He favoured the Christian religion against Roman polytheism, refusing the traditional polytheistic attributes of the emperors and removing the Altar of Victory from the Roman Senate.... the later fourth century Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor
The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus ,Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
Gratian was a Roman usurper in Roman Britain.Following the death of usurper Marcus , Gratian was acclaimed as emperor by the army in Britain in early 407.... , a 5th century Romano-British usurper and emperor.
Pope Gregory VI , born John Gratian , was Pope from 1 May, 1045 until his abdication at the Council of Sutri on 20 December, 1046.Gratian, the Archpriest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina, was a man of great reputation for uprightness of character.... (died 1047), whose name was John Gratian before he assumed the papacy.
Gratian, was a 12th century Canon law yer from Bologna. He is sometimes wrongly referred to as Franciscus Gratianus, or Johannes Gratianus, or Giovanni Graziano.... , a 12th century jurist
Jurist
A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth of Nations countries it has only historical and specialist usage.... from Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Po Valley , between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, exactly between the Reno River and the S?vena River.... .
Saints Felinus and Gratian are venerated as martyrs by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church churches. They are patron saints of Arona , near Milan, where their relics were enshrined.... (d. 250 AD), martyrs and saints
