Ascaric ( or ''Ascarico'', ), a

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, was the fourth known Bishop of Palencia from about 639 to about 673. He only appears as a signatory of the canons of the

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in 653. A local tradition, however, places him at the side of king Wamba during the

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n rebellion of

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and

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in 672. To Ascaric is sometimes credited the reedification of

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and the deposition of the

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in the

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Sources

*Lambert, A. "Ascaric (évêque de Palencia)." ''DHGE'', 4 (1930), col. 884. Bishops of Palencia 7th-century bishops in the Visigothic Kingdom {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub