What is "florentius"

Florentius is the name of the following people:

• Saint Florentius, martyr with Justin of Siponto, 310
• Florentius (consul 361), consul in 361.
• Florentius of Constantinople, Anomoean bishop of Constantinople, c. 363
• Florentius (consul 429), consul in 429.
• Saint Florentius, 485
• Florentius (consul 515), consul in 515.
• Florentius of Orange, bishop of Orange and saint
• Florence of Worcester
• Florentius of Carracedo, Benedictine abbot of the 12th century.
• Florence of Holland, a late 12th century and early 13th century nobleman and cleric.
• Florentius Volusenus, 16th century Scottish humanist.

It was also the name of a deacon of Nicasius of Rheims.

Florentius was a Roman praetorian prefect under the Caesar Julian and later a consul, before falling from grace when Julian became emperor.

Flavius Florentius was a prominent high official of the Eastern Roman Empire, who influenced imperial policy during the second quarter of the fifth century.