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Hermenegild
Sign in to saveSaint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585; ; , from Gothic 𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 *Airmana-gild, "immense tribute"), was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. He fell out with his father in 579, then revolted the following year. During his rebellion, he converted from Arianism to Catholicism. Hermenegild was defeated in 584 and exiled. His death was later celebrated as a martyrdom due to the influence of Pope Gregory I's Dialogues, in which he portrayed Hermenegild as a "Catholic martyr rebelling against the tyranny of an Aria
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- Saint.name
- Saint Hermenegild
- Saint.death_date
- 13 April 585
- Saint.feast_day
- April 13
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
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- El Triunfo de San Hermenegildo by Francisco Herrera the Younger (1654)
- Saint.birth_place
- Toletum, Visigothic Kingdom
- Saint.death_place
- Hispalis, Hispania
- Saint.titles
- Martyr
- Saint.attributes
- axe, crown, sword, and cross
- Saint.patronage
- Seville, Spain
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Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585; ; , from Gothic 𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 *Airmana-gild, "immense tribute"), was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. He fell out with his father in 579, then revolted the following year. During his rebellion, he converted from Arianism to Catholicism. Hermenegild was defeated in 584 and exiled. His death was later celebrated as a martyrdom due to the influence of Pope Gregory I's Dialogues, in which he portrayed Hermenegild as a "Catholic martyr rebelling against the tyranny of an Arian father."
==Marriage to Ingund== Hermenegild was the eldest son of Liuvigild and his first wife. He was a brother of Reccared I and brought up an Arian. Liuvigild made his sons co-regents.
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585 deaths6th-century Christian saints6th-century people from the Visigothic KingdomChristian martyrs executed by decapitationChristian royal saintsCommons link from WikidataConverts to Catholicism from ArianismExecuted Spanish nobilityHeirs apparent who never accededMedieval Spanish saintsYear of birth unknown