 Viventiolus and his brother Rusticus were the sons of Aquilinus (c. 430-c. 470), a nobleman of Lyon, and friend of Sidonius Apollinaris (c. 400).Aquilinus was a "vicarius" of a province in Gaul between 423 and 448 under Apollinaris, the father of Sidonius.Through his paternal grandmother, Tullia, Viventiolus was the great-grandson of Saint Eucherius and his wife Gallia.