Ariamir

The bishops of the First Council of Braga recorded Ariamir as the king who summoned them and under whose auspices they deliberated.The conversion of the Suevi to Catholicism, however, is presented very differently in the primary records, of which the minutes of the council of Braga are the only contemporary ones.Specifically, the minutes of the council—which met on 1 May 561 (in the era of the province 599, the third year of his reign, anno tertio Ariamiri regis)—state explicitly that the synod was held at his orders, ex praecepto praefati gloriosissimi Ariamiri regis, and the bishops allude to him as "our most glorious and pious son" (gloriosissimus atque piissimus filius noster).[1] It has also been suggested that Ariamir was the same person as Theodemir, who is mentioned by Isidore of Seville in connection with the Suevic conversion and Martin of Dumio.It is likely, however, that Chararic and Theodemir must have reigned after Ariamir, since Ariamir must have been the first Suevic monarch to lift the ban on Catholic synods and it is inconceivable that a Catholic monarch could have continued the ban for "a long time".
An illustration of the First Council of Braga, showing Ariamir (right) with the bishops Lucretius, Andrew and Martin of Dumio. From the 10th-century Codex Vigilanus .
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