Year 461 (CDLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severinus and Dagalaiphus (or, less frequently, year 1214 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 461 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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• Hilderic, king of the Vandals (approximate date)
• Romulus Augustulus, emperor of the Western Roman Empire

• August 7 – Majorian, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
• November 10 – Pope Leo I
• Palladius, first bishop of Ireland (approximate date)