Anianus was a Gallo-Roman nobleman who served as the referendary of Alaric II, king of the Visigoths.
He was a vir spectabilis, that is, an "admirable man", or holder of high office in the empire.
[3] In his signature he used the Latin words Anianus, vir spectabilis subscripsi et edidi, and it is probable that, from a misunderstanding of the word edidi, proceeded the common notion that he was the author or editor of the work, which has sometimes been called Breviarium Aniani.
[3] Anianus' authentication of the copies of this work took place at Aire (modern Aire-sur-l'Adour) 506 AD.
[4] The medieval writer Sigebert of Gembloux says that this Anianus translated from Greek into Latin the work of John Chrysostom on Matthew the Apostle,[5] but it's now considered likely he was mistaken and instead meant Anianus of Celeda.