Lucius Volusius Saturninus (pontiff)

Lucius Volusius Saturninus (flourished second half of 1st century BC & first half of 1st century) was a member of the College of Pontiffs who lived in the Roman Empire.[1]

Saturninus was the first son born to the noted Roman statesman Lucius Volusius Saturninus and Cornelia Lentula,[2] while he had one brother, Quintus Volusius Saturninus who served as a consul of 56 and another unnamed brother.[3] The family of Saturninus had a distinguished reputation and a great fortune.[4] He was born and raised in Rome. From surviving inscriptions dated from 40 to 60, a guild of the household staff maintainted a columbarium on the Appian Way for use of the members.[5]

Saturninus was admitted as a Pontiff in Rome.[6] He died in ca. 55 and was survived by a son, Lucius Volusius Saturninus from an unnamed wife.[7]

References

  1. Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
  2. Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
  3. Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
  4. Tacitus, Annals: Part Two: Claudius & Nero, Chapter 11 – The Fall of Agrippina
  5. Treggiari, "Family Life among the Staff of the Volusii", Transactions of the American Philological Association, p. 393
  6. Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
  7. Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll

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