Which god’s cult did Julian adopt during his studies?

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Julian Julian the Apostate, detail of a marble statue; in the Louvre, Paris.

During his studies, the Roman emperor Julian adopted the cult of the Unconquered Sun.1

While Julian was deeply influenced by his education in Neoplatonism—a philosophy he converted to in 351—and was initiated into theurgy by Maximus of Ephesus, his religious devotion specifically centered on the worship of the Sun.12