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around 500. His existence is conjectured on the basis of a sixth-century inscription discovered at Salvador de Vairão. The date in the inscription is interpreted as either 485 or 535. Some scholars have dated the inscription to the eighth century, arguing that the ''Veremundus'' of the inscription is King

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. Veremund's reign would fall within a period of obscurity for the region of Galicia following the death of the valuable chronicler

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(469) and the Sueves' conversion to

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(466). If the king existed, he was undoubtedly an Arian.

Sources

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University of Virginia: Spring 2007. *Collins, Roger. ''Visigothic Spain, 409–711''. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. . *Ferreiro, Alberto
"Veremundu R(eg)e: revisiting an inscription from San Salvador de Vairão (Portugal)."
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