Albinus[1] (floruit 440–448) was an aristocrat of the Roman Empire; he was made consul for 444 as the junior partner of Emperor Theodosius II.
"[2] He was Praetorian prefect of Gaul in 440, when Pope Leo I was called on to mediate a quarrel between him and the magister militum Aetius.
Twyman notes that Prosper's language "is conventional, and that the notice reveals only the fact of the resolution of a quarrel, not any actual friendship between Aetius and Albinus.
After Petronius Maximus ended his tenure as Praetorian prefect of Italy sometime in 441,[5] a rapid succession of successors to the post followed until Albinus was appointed, prior to 17 August 443, for the second time we are told.
His family enjoyed extensive influence in the North African provinces, so he was best positioned to exert authority on behalf of the increasingly impoverished empire.