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Anianus may refer to:
- Pope Anianus of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria from 68 to 82
- Anianus (referendary), the referendary of the Breviary of Alaric
- Anianus (writer), a 5th-century Egyptian monastic writer
- Anianus of Celeda, an early 5th-century deacon and supporter of Pelagius
- Aignan of Orleans, aka Anianus, Bishop, canonized
- A 4th century bishop of Besançon
Some ancient sources also confuse "Anianus" and "Annianus":
- Titus Annianus, a 2nd-century Roman poet
Anianus was a Gallo-Roman nobleman who served as the referendary of Alaric II, king of the Visigoths. He was a vir spectabilis, that is, an "admirable man", or holder of high office in the empire.
Anianus was tasked by Alaric to authenticate with his signature the official copies of the Breviary of Alaric, which had been distilled by other legal writers from the Codex Theodosianus. In his signature he used the Latin words Anianus, vir spectabilis subscripsi et edidi, and it is probable that, from a misunderstanding of the word edidi, proceeded the common notion that he was the author or editor of the work, which has sometimes been called Breviarium Aniani. He was not, and only functioned in the capacity of referendary, to authenticate the books themselves.
His authentication of the copies of this work took place at Aire (modern Aire-sur-l'Adour) 506 AD.
The medieval writer Sigebert of Gembloux says that this Anianus translated from Greek into Latin the work of John Chrysostom on Matthew the Apostle, but it's now considered likely he was mistaken and instead meant Anianus of Celeda.
'''Anianus ''' was an Egyptian monk who lived at the beginning of the 5th century and wrote a chronography in which, according to the later chronicler George Syncellus, he generally followed Eusebius, but sometimes corrected errors made by that writer. It is, however, very doubtful whether Anianus, on the whole, surpassed Eusebius in accuracy. Syncellus frequently finds fault with him.