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Hermenegild
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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 Aria
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Key facts
- Saint.name
- Saint Hermenegild
- Saint.death_date
- 13 April 585
- Saint.feast_day
- April 13
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Triunfo de san hermenegildo herrera el joven.jpeg
- Saint.imagesize
- 250px
- Saint.caption
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Toledo
- Place of death
- Tarragona
- Spouse
- Ingund
- Father
- Liuvigild
- Sibling
- Reccared I
- Religion
- Arianism
- Noble title
- prince
- Image
- Triunfo de san hermenegildo herrera el joven.jpeg
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- Hermenegild
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of death
- 0585-04-13
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- Hermenegild
- cause of death
- decapitation
- name in native language
- 𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃
- feast day
- April 13
- place of detention
- Tarragona
- described by source
- Wikitólica
- date of birth
- 0564-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Marriage to Ingund
- Imprisonment and death
- Reputation and legacy
- Parentage
- See also
- Footnotes
- Sources
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hermenegild” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.