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Hermenegild II "The Holy" Of VISIGOTH

Hermenegild II "The Holy" Of VISIGOTH

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  • Name Hermenegild II "The Holy" Of VISIGOTH 
    Nickname The Holy 
    Born 555 
    Gender Male 
    Name The Holy 
    _UID 53AA3187708E4E0FA1C1823ECEE5CAC97871 
    Died 585  Tarragona, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I187  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Family Ingonde De FRANCS,   b. 559,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 579 
    Children 
     1. Arthanagild II The VISIGOTH,   b. 583,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • AFT 0579. ?renounced his arian faith for Catholicism||This conversion would be the cause of revolt and his eventual death. birth ABT 0555. ? death 13 Apr 0585, in Tarragona, Spain. ?Beheaded by his father, Leovigild, for betraying him. His betrayal was to marry an zealous orthodox catholic, Ingund, and convert from arianism. Hermenegild rebelled with the help of Byzantium. Leovigild bribed Byzantium to betray his son and Hermenegild was thus captured and killed. "Most contemporary writers suggested that Hermenegild was executed as a rebel, but Pope Gregory I, in his Dialogues, stated that he was killed for refusing to receive communion from an Arian bishop." event 1585.?was canonized||His Feast Day is 13 April. "His cult was subsequently authorized for Spain by Pope Sixtus V and for the whole church by Urban VIII."