07 works, Today, October 30th, is Saints Hermenegild”s day, his story illustrated #301

Ulpiano Checa Sanz (Spanish, 1860–1916)Title:
The invasion of the Visigoths, c. 1887

Oil on Canvas
98 x 170 cm. (38.6 x 66.9 in.)
Private collection

Saint Hermenegild, or Ermengild, (died 13 April 585) was the eldest son of king Liuvigild, of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France, and his first wife, Princess Theodosia. He was brother to Reccared I and brought up an Arian. Liuvigild made his sons co-regents…

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