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He fell out with his father in 579, then revolted the following year. Hermenegild was the eldest son of the Arian King Leovigild and his first wife, the Catholic Princess Theodosia.
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Hermenegild was defeated in 584, and exiled. 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." 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 Saint Hermenegild during the Easter Season, but he would not accept Holy Communion from the hands of that prelate.
King Leovigild ordered him beheaded. He was martyred on 13 April 586.
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He asked for the aid of the Byzantines, but they were occupied with defending against territorial incursions on the part of the Persians.
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Catholic Christianity