Flavius Valila Theodosius

Flavius Valila Theodosius or Theodobius (d. before 483) was a Roman senator and military commander who held the office of "magister militium" in the west in 471. Valila, who was Gothic origin, endowed a Christian church on his property near Tibur. [CIL VI.32169, 32221] At his death, he bequeathed the 4th century basilica of Iunius Annius Bassus (consul of 331) on the Esquiline Hill in Rome to the Church, [Christie; Lee.] and Pope Simplicius dedicated it to St. Andrew, which later came to be known as Sant'Andrea Cata Barbara Patricia. [Lizzi Testa.]

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*Christie, Neil, "From Constantine to Charlemagne: an archaeology of Italy, AD 300-800", Ashgate Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-85928-421-3, p. 302.
*Lee, A.D., "Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity", Routledge, ISBN 0-415-13892-2, p. 232.
* Lizzi Testa, Rita, "Senatori, popolo, papi", Edipuglia, 2004, ISBN 88-7228-392-2, p. 99.
*Jones, A.H.M., and J.R. Martindale, "Valila", "The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire", Vol II