Julius the Apostate and the Christian burial of Constantius

I recently found this interesting. Julian the Apostate (the last non-Christian Roman Emperor) presided over the Christian burial of his predecessor Constantius:

On December 11, 361, Julian entered Constantinople as sole emperor and, despite his rejection of Christianity, his first political act was to preside over Constantius' Christian burial, escorting the body to the Church of the Apostles, where it was placed alongside that of Constantine.

Cambridge Ancient History, v.13, p.60.

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