Hermenegild is a Germanic

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, originally

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''Ermengild'' (meaning "immense treasure"). Its most famous bearer was the Visigothic prince Hermenegild, who was later canonised by the Catholic Church. The Spanish and Portuguese form of the name, ''Hermenegildo'', has been popular. The

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form is ''Herménégilde''. The names ''Menendo'' and ''Melendo'', once popular in Spain, were derived from Hermenegildo, like ''Mendo'', in Portugal. They gave rise to the patronymics Méndez, Meléndez and Menéndez in Spanish and Mendes in Portuguese. * Hermenegild I (Bishop of Oviedo), Asturian ecclesiastic *

Hermenegild II Hermenegild II ('' floruit'' 899–922) was an auxiliary bishop or coadjutor of the Diocese of Oviedo during the episcopates of Gomelo II, Flacinus, and Oveco. He was long mistaken for a senior bishop, as by Carlos González de Posada, who interp ...

, auxiliary bishop *

Hermenegild Jireček Hermenegild Jireček, Ritter von Samokov ( cs, Hermenegild Jireček, rytíř ze Samokovu; 13 April 1827 – 29 December 1909), Bohemian jurisconsult, who was born at Vysoké Mýto (then part of the Austrian Empire), was an official in the Prague ...

, Bohemian jurist * Herménégilde Boulay, Canadian politician * Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian artist *

Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa (1871–1959), known in Catalan as Hermenegild (or Hermen) Anglada Camarasa, was a Catalan and Balearic Spanish painter. Life and career Born in Barcelona, he studied there at the Llotja School. His early work had ...

, Spanish painter *

Hermenegildo Capelo Hermenegildo de Brito Capelo (Palmela, 1841 – Lisbon, 1917) was an officer in the Portuguese Navy and a Portuguese explorer, helping to chart territory between Angola and Mozambique in southern Central Africa that was unknown to Europeans ...

, Portuguese explorer *

Hermenegildo da Costa Paulo Bartolomeu Hermenegildo da Costa Paulo Bartolomeu (born 23 November 1991), simply known as Geraldo, is an Angolan professional football midfielder who plays for Turkish club Çorum. Career Early career Born in Luanda, he started his career in 2009, d ...

, Angolan football (soccer) player *

Hermenegildo Galeana Hermenegildo Galeana (13 April 1762 – 27 June 1814) was a hero of the Mexican War of Independence, one of six brothers who fought in the insurgency. Galeana was considered the right-hand man of secular priest and leader of independence, José M ...

, Mexican war hero *

Hermenegildo González Hermenegildo González or Mendo I Gonçalves (died between 943 and 950) was a Galician count in the 10th century Kingdom of León, '' tenente'' in Deza, and the ancestor of one of the most relevant Galaico-Portuguese lineages of the Early Middl ...

, Galician count *

Hermenegildo Sábat Hermenegildo Sábat (23 June 1933 – 2 October 2018) was an Argentine-Uruguayan caricaturist. Life and work Early career in journalism Hermenegildo Sábat was born in the oceanfront Pocitos section of Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1933. Named after a ...

, South American caricaturist *

Hermenegildo Villanueva Hermenegildo Teves Villanueva (September 25, 1876 – December 17, 1941), fondly called Bindoy, was a Filipino politician. He served as Secretary of Labor for Manuel L. Quezon from December 1938 until his resignation in April 1939. Personal li ...

, Filipino politician * Ermenegildo Zegna, Italian luxury fashion house

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