[1] She was the daughter of future Western Roman Emperor Eparchius Avitus, and wife of bishop, author, and letter-writer Sidonius Apollinaris.
[3] Before her father's rise to the throne (455), she married Sidonius Apollinaris, another aristocrat, who may have been a distant maternal relative.
[3] The marriage was highly advantageous for Sidonius, making him part of the most powerful family in the region.
[5] Papianilla brought her husband the estate called Avitacum[6] in Auvergne.
Her husband gave away silver vessels from their home to the poor, but she criticised him so he bought them back.