He served as consul in 454 together with Aetius (not to be confused with the magister militumAetius).[1] He was a devout Christian and in 463 in Constantinople founded the Monastery of Stoudios[2] (although he may have founded it before he became consul).[1]
^Rainer Albertz (2001), "Kult, Konflikt und Versöhnung: Beiträge zur kultischen Sühne" in Religiösen, sozialen und politischen Auseinandersetzungen des antiken Mittelmeerraumes: Veröffentlichungen des AZERKAVO/SFB 493, p. 301