Reccared I
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Reccared I was the king of the Visigoths, ruling in Hispania, Gallaecia and Septimania. His reign marked a climactic shift in history, with the king's renunciation of Arianism in favour of Chalcedonia
Tremissis of Reccared bearing his effigy
Reccared and bishops at the Third Council of Toledo, from the Codice Vigilano
Conversion of Reccared to Catholicism by Antonio Muñoz Degrain (1888)
Suintila
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Suintila, or Suinthila, Swinthila, Svinthila; was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 621 to 631. He was a son of Reccared I and his wife Bado, and a brother of the general Geila.
Reccared I
…December 601 Predecessor Liuvigild Successor Liuva II Born c. 559 AD Hispania Died 21 December 601 (aged 42) Toledo, Hispania Spouse Baddo Issue Liuva II Suintila Geila Names Flavius Reccaredus Father Liuvigild Mother Theodosia Religion Arianism (before 587) Chalcedonian Christianity (after 587) Reccared I (or…
Tremissis of Suintila, bearing his effigy.
Votive crowns and crosses, from a 19th-century lithograph.