Eugenius II was Archbishop of Toledo from 636 to 646. He became successor in 636 of Justus in that metropolitan see; he died in 647. Like his predecessor he had been a disciple of Helladius

Helladius

Helladius may refer to:*Alexander Helladius, Greek scholar of the 18th century*Helladius of Kiev, Ukrainian saint*Helladius of Auxerre, Christian bishop and saint*Helladius of Caesarea, Christian bishop*Helladius of Ptolemais, Christian bishop...

 in the monastery of Agli

Agli

Ağlı, also Ağlıköy, is a town and district of the Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 4,193 of which 3,074 live in the town of Ağlı. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of .-External links:*...

. He is famous as an astronomer

Astronomer

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 and astronomical mathematician.

As a bishop he was virtuous and intelligent. At this period, under the Visigothic Kingdom

Visigothic Kingdom

The Visigothic Kingdom was a kingdom which occupied southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to 8th century AD. One of the Germanic successor states to the Western Roman Empire, it was originally created by the settlement of the Visigoths under King Wallia in the province of...

, the councils of Toledo

Councils of Toledo

Councils of Toledo . From the 5th century to the 7th century, about thirty synods, variously counted, were held at Toledo in what would come to be part of Spain. The earliest, directed against Priscillianism, assembled in 400. The "third" synod of 589 marked the epoch-making conversion of King...

 were national diets convoked by the monarch, attended by lay lords; they regulated, to some extent, not only spiritual but temporal affairs.

Of these councils Eugenius presided at the Fifth Council of Toledo

Fifth Council of Toledo

The Fifth Council of Toledo was convoked by King Chintila and opened on 30 June 636 in the church of Saint Leocadia in Toledo. It was attended by twenty two bishops and two episcopal representatives. The bishops of Narbonensis were absent for political reasons...

, convoked in 636 by King Chintila

Chintila

Chintila was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 636. He succeeded Sisenand in a time of weakness and reigned until his death....

 to confirm his elevation to the throne; he assisted at the sixth, convoked by the same king to take precautions against the disorders of royal elections.

This council, contrary to the principles later put in practice by St. Ildephonsus, banished all Jews who did not embrace Catholicism

Catholicism

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Eugenius attended the Seventh Council of Toledo

Seventh Council of Toledo

The Seventh Council of Toledo commenced on 18 November 646 and was attended by forty one bishops either personally or by delegation. It was the first of Chindasuinth's two councils....

, which was summoned by King Chindaswinth and decreed that the bishops of Toledo should reside one month every year in that city.