Julian of Toledo (642-690 CE) was born to Jewish parents in Toledo, Hispania, but raised Christian. He was well educated at the cathedral school, was a monk and later abbot at Agali, a spiritual student of Saint Eugene II, and archbishop of Toledo. He was the first bishop to have primacy over the entire Iberian Peninsula—a position he secured by being complicit in 680 in the poisioning of Wamba, king of the Visigoths—and he helped centralize the Iberian Church in Toledo. His elevation to the position of primate of the Visigothic church was a source of great unhappiness among the kingdom's clergy. And his views regarding the doctrine of the Trinity proved distressing to the Vatican. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... The façade of Toledo cathedral Toledo is a city located in central Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ... Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... Abbots coat of arms An abbot (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Latin abbas (genitive form, abbatis), Old English abbad, ; German Abt; French abbé) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumenos or The English version... This article is about the city in Spain named Toledo. ... topographic map of the Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ... Wamba was king of the Visigoths in Hispania (Iberia) from 672 to 680 CE. // History Religious events In 675 the Third Council of Braga was held in Braga (Bracara), Hispania. ... The Trinity is God, according to the teaching of the churches which represent the majority of Christians. ...

He presided over several councils and synods and revised the Mozarbis liturgy. A voluminous writer, his works include Prognostics, a volume on death; a biography of king Wamba; and a book on the future life (687). Though by disposition a kind and gentle man, he encouraged the Visigothic kings in Hispania to deal harshly with the Jews. For example, in presiding over the twenfth Council of Toledo, he induced King Erwig (who he'd helped in the deposing of Wamba) to pass severe anti-Jewish laws. At Erwig's request, in 686, he wrote De Comprobatione Ætatis Sextæ Contra Judæos, a work dealing with messianic prophesies of the Bible in a way intended to convert the Jews. Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ... Erwig (or Ervigio, also known as Euric II) was a king of the Visigoths in Hispania (680–687). ...

He died at Toledo in 690 of natural causes. Julian's memorial is held March 8.