Julian of Naples

Saint Julian of Naples was bishop of Naples from 693 or 694 to 701 and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Little is known of him. The main source is the first part of the Deeds of the Bishops of Naples, written at the end of the eighth century and the beginning of the next by an anonymous author.

No information has been preserved about his origin or his early years. He ascended the episcopal throne of Naples after the death of Saint Agnellus, in 693 or 694. Almost nothing is known of his governance of the see. It is thought that he died in 701, after seven years and three months as bishop. His successor was Saint Laurence.

He was buried in the basilica of Santa Restituta, which was then the cathedral of Naples. His relics were later moved to the cathedral of Saint Januarius, where they now lie beneath the altar, together with the relics of other bishops of Naples.

Medieval sources mention him as a saint, but no information exists about any special veneration of him: he was commemorated on the same day on which all the other holy prelates of the diocese of Naples were commemorated together. Our sources record only Roman Catholic veneration.