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Personal data Hermenegild der Visigothen 

• He was born in the year 555.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (d. April 13, 586) (Spanish: San Hermenegildo, from Gothic Ermen Gild, "immense tribute"), was the son of king Leovigild of Visigothic Spain. He fell out with his father in 579, then revolted the following year. During his rebellion, he converted from Arian Christianity to Roman Catholicism. Hermenegild was defeated in 584, and exiled.[1] His death was later celebrated as a martyrdom due to the influence of Pope Gregory the Great's Dialogues, in which he portrayed Hermenegild as a "Catholic martyr rebelling against the tyranny of an Arian father."[2]
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  Marriage to Ingund
  
  Hermenegild was the son of the Arian King Leovigild and the Catholic Princess Theodosia.[3] He was brother to Reccared and brought up in the Arian belief, but married Ingunthis (the daughter of the Frankish King Sigebert I of Austrasia), who was a Catholic. Ingunthis was pressured by Hermenegild's stepmother Goiswintha to abjure her beliefs, but she stayed firm in her faith.[4]
  
  Under Ingunthis's influence, and that of Leander of Seville, Hermenegild was converted to Catholicism. His family demanded that he return to the Arian faith, but he refused. As a result, he led a revolt against Leovigild. He asked for the aid of the Byzantines, but they were occupied with defending against territorial incursions on the part of the Persians. [5] After some time he sought sanctuary in a church. Leovigild would not violate the sanctuary, but sent Reccared instead inside to speak with Hermenegild and to offer peace. This was accepted, and peace was made for some time.[3]
  Imprisonment and death
  
  Goiswintha, however, brought about another alienation within the family. Hermenegild was imprisoned in Tarragona or Toledo. During his captivity in the tower of Seville, an Arian bishop was sent to St. Hermenegild during the Easter Season, but he would not accept Holy Communion from the hands of that prelate.[6] King Leovigild ordered him beheaded.[3] He was martyred on April 13, 586.

• He died on April 13, 586, he was 31 years old.
• A child of Liuvigild I der Visigothen and Theodosia van Carthago
• This information was last updated on May 6, 2013.

Household of Hermenegild der Visigothen

He is married to Ingundis van Austrasië.

They got married in the year 579, he was 24 years old.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Athanagildo der Visigothen  580-???? 

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