Iudila was a noble
Visigoth
The Visigoths (; ) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied barbarian military group united under the comman ...
who proclaimed himself king between the years
631? and
633?.
Known only by two
tremis with the inscription «'' Iudila Rex ''», minted in
Augusta Emerita (
Mérida) and
Iliberis (
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
), so its power must have been reduced to south of the kingdom.
On
December 5 of
633, Iudila was excommunicated and deprived of his properties (
Fourth Council of Toledo).
He must have starred in one of the various rebellions that occurred after the dethronement of
Suintila. In opposition to and contemporaneously with the beginning of the reign of
Sisenand. His affiliation is unknown, although it could be related to Suintila. The lists of Visigoth kings do not usually collect or number it, giving as king from
631 to Sisenand.
According to Caroline Humphrey, he was of Jewish origin. His birthname was Judah, ''Yehudah'' (יהודה), but he was called ''Judila'' ("Little Judah") by the Goths.
[''Classical folia : studies in the Christian perpetuation of the classics'', Institute for Early Christian Iberian Studies, College of the Holy Cross, 1977, .]
References
Notes
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See also
*
Suniefred
*
Froia
External links
* Pío Beltrán (1941)
"Iudila and Suniefredo, Visigoth kings"(numismatic study)
* http://www.fuenterrebollo.com/faqs-numismatica/iudila.html
* Castillo Lozano (2019): "The historical image of Iudila through its monetary issues: king or usurper?", Revista Numisática Hécate, 6, pp. 122-130.In: http://revista-hecate.org/files/6415/7728/9848/Castillo-Lozano.pdf
Visigoths
Visigothic Kingdom
Usurpers
7th-century monarchs in Europe
Spanish rebels