Gaius Julius Cicurinus
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Gaius Julius Cicurninus (714 – 24 July 800), commonly known as Saint Julius of the Caeline was the first Archduke of Urceopolis and last Dux of Urceopolis, ruling from his election as Dux in 749, then from his coronation as Archduke from 759 until his death in 800. He is considered the founder of the Julian dynasty.
Julius of the Caeline | |
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 Julius in a sacramentary c. 1100 | |
| Archduke of Urceopolis | |
| Born | Gaius Julius Cicurninus 1 April 714 (attributed) Urceopolis, Duchy of Urceopolis |
| Died | 24 July 800 Urceopolis, Archduchy of Urceopolis |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 24 July 1097, Urceopolis by Pope Urban II |
| Major shrine | Basilica of Saint Julius, Urceopolis |
| Feast | 24 July |
| Attributes | Crown, throne, scepter |
| Patronage | Urcea, Urcean monarchs, Urcean politicians |
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Early life
Marriage
In 751, Cicurinus married Neronia, the daughter of the head of the Neronii clan, Aulus Neronius Urbicus, one of the most powerful magnates in the Urceopolis region and a major force in the city's politics. The marriage secured an alliance between the Julii and Neronii that would survive Cirucinus's lifetime, lasting more than a century through the lives of his children. The alliance gave Cirucinus a freer hand against the other prominent families of the city. For their part, the marriage between Neronia and Cicurnus is believed by most historians to have been a happy one, producing two sons and four daughters that would survive to adulthood.
Neronia died in 772 after two decades of marriage that would see her husband reach soaring political heights both in Urceopolis and throughout greater Levantia. She was buried in a now-lost mausoleum on the grounds of the Julian Palace. Following her death, Cicurinus would embrace celibacy.
Election as Dux
Incorporating the Gaels
Latin League Campaigns
Removal
Coronation as Archduke
Later life
Co-reign with Usdenicus Maximus
In 780, Cicurinus would crown his son, now named Gaius Julius Cicurinus Usdenicus Maximus (usually just known by his agonomen), as co-Archduke. The remaining two decades of Circirinus's life would see alternating phases of productive cooperative rule alongside his son and bitter struggles between father and son.
Although moderately successful, the co-reign of Cicurinus and Usdenicus Maximus dissuaded the adoption of coregency as a future practice in Urcea, and it is the only such example of coregency in the Julian dynasty.