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Julian of Cuenca
saint
SaintResearchedKingdom of CastilePre-congregation
Feast: 28 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1127
Died
1208
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Cuenca in New Castile in Spain, Saint Julian, bishop, who, second prelate after the freeing of the city from the Moors, brought lustre to the Church, giving its goods to the poor and earning his daily food by the work of his own hands.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 28 January as a bishop of Cuenca who gave the Church's goods to the poor and lived by his own work.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1395103 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Julian of Cuenca (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.