Hermeneric was a
Suevic
King of Galicia
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according to a now lost document described by the priest
Antonio de Yepes. According to Yepes, the king reigned around 485, which falls within a century-long period (469–c.560) of obscurity during which the Sueves were predominantly
Arian Christians
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. Hermeneric was said to be a destroyer of churches and persecutor of
Catholic Christians
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Sources
*Arias, Jorge C
"Identity and Interactions: The Suevi and the Hispano-Romans."University of Virginia: Spring 2007.
{{Galician monarchs
5th-century Suebian kings