- Ascaric, Bishop of Palencia
Ascaric ( _es. Ascario "or" Ascarico, _la. Ascaricus), a
Visigoth , was the fourth knownBishop of Palencia from about 639 to about 673. He only appears as a signatory of the canons of theEighth Council of Toledo in 653. A local tradition, however, places him at the side of kingWamba during theSeptimania n rebellion of Paul and Hilderic in 672. To Ascaric is sometimes credited the reedification ofPalencia and the deposition of therelics ofAntoninus of Pamiers in theCrypt of San Antolín .ources
*Lambert, A. "Ascaric (évêque de Palencia)." "DHGE", 4 (1930), col. 884.
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