Winguric or Wingurich ( fl. 4th century AD), also known as Wingureiks, Wingourichos, also Jungeric was a Gothic ruler ( reiks) under the Thervingian chieftain Athanaric who played a prominent role in the Gothic persecution of Christians. Around 375 he burned twenty-six Gothic Christians to death in the Crimea, who were later sanctified as martyrs by the Christian church.
Winguric is identified by name in the Menologion of Basil II [1] and the Synaxarion of Constantinople. [2] He was one of the unnamed "envoys" of Athanaric mentioned by Sozomen. [1]
Winguric or Wingurich ( fl. 4th century AD), also known as Wingureiks, Wingourichos, also Jungeric was a Gothic ruler ( reiks) under the Thervingian chieftain Athanaric who played a prominent role in the Gothic persecution of Christians. Around 375 he burned twenty-six Gothic Christians to death in the Crimea, who were later sanctified as martyrs by the Christian church.
Winguric is identified by name in the Menologion of Basil II [1] and the Synaxarion of Constantinople. [2] He was one of the unnamed "envoys" of Athanaric mentioned by Sozomen. [1]