Wingurich

Wingurich or Winguric (flourished in 4th century AD), also known as Wingureiks, Wingourichos, also Jungeric was a Gothic reiks under the Thervingian chieftain Athanaric who played a prominent role in the Gothic persecution of Christians. Around 375 he burned Gothic Christians to death in the Crimea, who were later sanctified as martyrs by the Christian church.

References

Heather, Peter (2003). The Visigoths from the Migration Period to the Seventh Century: An Ethnographic Perspective. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 454. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
Wolfram, Herwig (1990). History of the Goths. University of California Press. p. 82-83, 96. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

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