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Martyr · 6th century

Martyr Hermenegild the Goth of Spain

Also known as Hermenegild

A Gothic prince who left Arianism for Orthodox Christianity and, refusing to return to heresy under his father's pressure, was killed in 586.

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Pre-schism Western saint.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints