Gunderic (; died before 711) was the

Archbishop of Toledo The Archdiocese of Toledo () is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Spain.

Sindered Sindered became Archbishop of Toledo in Visigothic Hispania around the year 710 or 711, succeeding Gunderic. But at least one later chronicler makes him archbishop during the reign of Wittiza (694–710), during which he supposedly took part in ...

from about 701. He was a

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 ...

and is highly praised in the ''

Chronicle of 754 The ''Chronicle of 754'' (also called the ''Mozarabic Chronicle'' or ''Continuatio Hispana'') is a Latin-language history in 95 sections, written by an anonymous Mozarab (Christian) chronicler in Al-Andalus. The ''Chronicle'' contains the earli ...

'', according to which he was a holy man who performed many miracles. Though certainly a man of learning, none of his writings are preserved. He presided over the Eighteenth Council of Toledo (probably 703), which may have been encouraged by king

Wittiza Wittiza (''Witiza'', ''Witica'', ''Witicha'', ''Vitiza'', or ''Witiges''; 687 – probably 710) was the king of the Visigoths from 694 until his death, co-ruling with his father, Egica, until 702 or 703. Joint rule Early in his reign, Egica m ...

to force marriage on the priesthood.

Sources

*Collins, Roger. ''Visigothic Spain, 409–711''. Blackwell Publishing, 2004. *Thompson, E. A. ''The Goths in Spain''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969. {{authority control 8th-century Visigothic people Archbishops of Toledo 8th-century archbishops