Martyr of the Eucharist.
April 13 - Saint Hermenegild - Martyr - 586 - Spain
Lesson from Fr Alban Butler, 1773, Lives of the Saints. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints : compiled from original monuments and other authentic records : illustrated with the remarks of judicious modern critics and historians : Butler, Alban, 1711-1773 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Ermengild
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Son of the Spanish Visigoth Arian king Levigild, and raised in Arianism. In 579 he married the Catholic princess Indgund, who, with Saint Leander, bishop of Seville, Spain, converted him back to orthodox Christianity. Immediately disinherited by his father.
Publicly renounced and fought against Arianism; he expected support from outside anti–Arian groups, but it never materialized, and he was defeated by his father‘s forces. King of Seville. At one point he reconciled with his father, but his step-mother, Goswintha, caused …More