Ascarico_de_Braga_-_Galeria_dos_Arcebispos_de_Braga

Ascaric (died 810/11) was either the

bishop of Astorga The Diocese of Astorga () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church whose seat is in the city of Astorga, in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain.bishop of Braga. He was condemned in the third letter of

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for

adoptionism Adoptionism, also called dynamic monarchianism, is an early Christian nontrinitarian theological doctrine, subsequently revived in various forms, which holds that Jesus was adopted as the Son of God at his baptism, his resurrection, or his ...

sometime between 785 and 791 (probably 786). His ''Epistula ad Tuseredum'' ("letter to Tuseredo"), explaining the resurrection of the body, places him in the

Kingdom of Asturias The Kingdom of Asturias was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the nobleman Pelagius who traditionally has been described as being of Visigothic stock. Modern research is leaning towards the view that Pelagius was of Hispano-Roman ...

at the time. He also penned a poem to Tuseredo, modelling it on the ''Hamartigenia'' of

Prudentius Aurelius Prudentius Clemens () was a Roman Christian poet, born in the Roman province of Tarraconensis (now Northern Spain) in 348.H. J. Rose, ''A Handbook of Classical Literature'' (1967) p. 508 He probably died in the Iberian Peninsula some ...

and the verse of

Coelius Sedulius Sedulius (sometimes with the nomen Coelius or Caelius, both of doubtful authenticity) was a Christian poet during the first half of the 5th century. Biography Little is known about his life. The only trustworthy information, contained in his tw ...

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*Collins, Roger. ''Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400–1000''. Macmillan Publishers, 1990. 810s deaths 8th-century Visigothic people Bishops of Braga Bishops of Astorga Year of birth unknown {{Portugal-RC-bishop-stub