Ermingeld, the son of the Gothic king Leovigild, was converted to the Orthodox faith by Bishop Leander, leaving the Arian heresy. His father, being an Arian, tried to bring his son back to his faith, but Ermingeld remained steadfast. Leovigild deprived him of the royal throne and imprisoned him, where the saint prayed to God for strength in suffering. On Easter, the king sent an Arian bishop to persuade his son to accept heretical communion, but Ermingeld rejected him, receiving communion from an Orthodox priest. In rage, the king ordered his son to be killed, and Ermingeld was beheaded. After his death, angels sang over his body, and the faithful rejoiced at the miracles that occurred after his passing. Leovigild, repenting, called Bishop Leander and asked him to instruct his younger son Rechader in Orthodoxy. Rechader, becoming king, accepted Orthodoxy and led the entire Gothic people to the faith in Christ. The body of Ermingeld was honored as a martyr, and his death bore much fruit for Orthodoxy in the land of the Goths.
