Saint Julian of Cuenca
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Saint Julián |
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| Bishop of Cuenca | |
Saint Julián of Cuenca - Eugenio Cajes.
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Cuenca |
| See | Cuenca |
| Appointed | 1196 |
| Term ended | 28 January 1208 |
| Predecessor | Juan Yáñez |
| Successor | Pedro Laurencio |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1166 |
| Consecration | June 1196 by Martín López de Pisuerga |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Julián |
| Born |
c. 1127 Burgos, Kingdom of Castile |
| Died | 28 January 1208 (aged 80) Cuenca, Crown of Aragon |
| Buried | Cuenca Cathedral |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 28 January |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 18 October 1594 by Pope Clement VIII |
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Saint Julián (c. 1127 – 28 January 1208) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Cuenca from 1196 until his death. He also served as a professor and preacher in addition to being a simple hermit. He became a bishop after the Moors were driven from Cuenca and he made pastoral visits to the people in his diocese where he fed prisoners and provided grain for the poor farmers. But he never forgot his desire to live in solitude and made annual trips where he could best find silence before reemerging to resume his episcopal duties.
His canonization was solemnized on 18 October 1594.
Julián was born in Burgos to the nobleman Tauro.
He studied at the cathedral school there before he studied at the University of Palencia where he earned his doctorate. He was appointed a professor in the philosophical and theological departments in Palencia in 1153. During his time in Palencia he worked as a basket-maker and maker of other trade goods in order to earn extra income for the poor as well to support himself.
In 1163 he left Palencia and his teaching duties to live a life of solitude in a modest house outside Burgos located on the banks of the Arlanzón. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1166 after having received the minor orders. He and his companion Lesmes lived a life of mortification and contemplation. He and his friend took to the road as itinerant preachers and reached both Córdoba and Toledo in 1191.
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