43rd great-grandfather Tonantius Ferreolus II, Gallo-Roman Senator (445–517)
Tonantius was born in Gaul and married Industria of Narbonne (460-525) around 475.
They produced three children, Ferreolus (see below), Firminus (490-553) who was appointed Bishop of Uzès in 538 and Lucilia Ferreola (495-526) all born in Narbonne.
He died in 517 at Narbonne.
Narbonne was founded in 118BC, the first Roman colony in Gaul. The town became a major stop on Via Domita, the route connecting Rome with the Iberian peninsula.
The Ferreolus bloodline traces back to Thera (today’s Santorini), a Greek island first colonized by Dorians during the 8th century BC.