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Ascaric or Ascarich was an early Frankish war leader, who, along with his co-leader, Merogais, are the earliest known leaders explicitly called Frankish, although the name of the Franks is earlier.
The Germanic name is a compound of two elements, clearly identified as asca- "ash tree" and - riks "ruler".
Ascaric, Ascarich, or Anscharic is a Germanic name which appears in Latin sources as Asacarius, Assacarius, Assaccarius, Ascaricus, or Askericus. It is a compound name derived from Protogermanic asca-, "ash," probably species of Fraxinus, meaning also "spear," and Protogermanic -ric < Celtic *rig-, meaning "ruler." Asca- may allude to the spear of * Wodanaz, a symbol of his inspirational power, or the name of the first man in the Germanic creation myth. -Ric was a common name suffix among early Germanic and Celtic men of status. Ascaric was used mainly by the Franks and Visigoths. It can refer to:
- Ascaric (d. 306), Frankish war leader of the Bructeri executed by Constantine I
- Ascaric (bishop of Palencia) (fl. 653)
- Ascaric (archbishop of Braga) (d. 810)
- Askericus (d. c. 890), Frankish bishop
Ascaric , a Visigoth, was the fourth known Bishop of Palencia from about 639 to about 673. He only appears as a signatory of the canons of the Eighth Council of Toledo in 653. A local tradition, however, places him at the side of king Wamba during the Septimanian rebellion of Paul and Hilderic in 672. To Ascaric is sometimes credited the reedification of Palencia and the deposition of the relics of Antoninus of Pamiers in the Crypt of San Antolín.
Ascaric (died 810/1) was either the bishop of Astorga or bishop of Braga. He was condemned in the third letter of Pope Hadrian I for adoptionism 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 at the time. He also penned a poem to Tuseredo, modelling it on the Hamartigenia of Prudentius and the verse of Coelius Sedulius.