Eugenius II of Toledo
Eugenius II of Toledo († 647 in Toledo ) was Archbishop of Toledo from 636 . His successor was Eugenius III. from Toledo . Occasionally he is also referred to as Eugenius I, because Eugenius I of Toledo was said to have been Bishop of Toledo, but he does not appear in the surviving list of bishops.
Eugenius was initially a monk before he was called in by Bishop Helladius (Bishop of Toledo from 615 to 633) to lead the diocese. He was a collector under his successor Justus. He presided over the fifth council of Toledo in 636, the councils of the Spanish Church at that time not only being spiritual matters, but also being attended by the Visigoth king and his entourage, who discussed political matters. The fifth council was called on the occasion of Chintila's accession to the throne . Eugenius also took part in the sixth council, which was called by Chintila in order to achieve an orderly procedure in future king elections. Jews who did not convert to the Catholic faith were also banished to it. He also attended the seventh council under King Chindaswinth .
He was also known as an astronomer and mathematician in his day. Little is known about him, most of it from the De viris Illustribus by Ildefons of Toledo , nephew of Eugenius II of Toledo.
After a letter from Eugenius III. at Braulio of Saragossa he sabotaged a priestly ordination ordered by the king by uttering a curse instead of the ordination formula, since he considered the candidate to be unworthy.
literature
- Kenneth B. Wolf: Eugene I, Bishop of Toledo. In: E. Michael Gerli: Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Routledge, London 2003.
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| SURNAME | Eugenius II of Toledo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eugenius Toletanus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Toledo and astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 636 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 647 |
| Place of death | Toledo |