[1] He was well educated at the cathedral school, was a monk and later abbot at Agali, a spiritual student of Saint Eugene II, and archbishop of Toledo.

His elevation to the position of primate of the Visigothic church was a source of great unhappiness among the kingdom's clergy.

A lost work, apparently dedicated to King Erwig, dealt with the issue of Jews owning Christian slaves.

For example, in presiding over the Twelfth Council of Toledo, he induced King Erwig to pass severe anti-Jewish laws.

At Erwig's request, in 686, he wrote De Comprobatione Aetatis Sextae Contra Judaeos, a work dealing with messianic prophesies of the Bible in a way intended to convert the Jews.