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[[File:Cvp-00791-109v.jpg|thumb|Miro and Martin of Braga, from an 1145 manuscript of Martin's ''De virtutibus quattuor'' (Federzeichnung lm Co. 791, fol. 109v), now in the [[Austrian National Library]].]]
'''Miro''' (Mir, Mirio, {{langx|la|Mirus}}) was the [[Suebi]]an [[King of Galicia]] from 570 until his death in 583. His reign was marked by attempts to forge alliances with other [[Chalcedonian Christianity|Chalcedonian Christian]] nations with the goal of checking the power of the [[Arianism|Arian]] [[Visigoths]] under [[Leovigild]]. During his reign relations were established with both [[Francia]] and the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the kingdom reached its zenith, but it collapsed within three years of his death.<ref>Arias, 67.</ref><ref name="Miro">[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/wace/biodict.html?term=Miro "Miro."]</ref>

Miro enjoyed good relations with the Church during his reign. In 572 he called the [[Second Council of Braga]], a supplementary council to the [[First Council of Braga]] of 561.<ref name="Miro"/> It has even been suggested, based on the lack of a signatory for the diocese of [[Dumio]] in the concilar acts, that Miro himself may have represented that see.<ref>Arias, 59, who cites the ''Parochiale Suevum'' in support. The ''Parochiale'' refers to ''Ad Dumio familia seruorum'', which is similar to ''sueuorum''.</ref>

Miro also maintained "intimate and friendly" relations with [[Martin of Dumio]], the [[Archbishop of Braga]] and [[Metropolitan (religion)|Metropolitan]] of [[Gallaecia]].<ref name="Miro"/> Martin's principal work, ''Formula Vitae Honestae'', is dedicated to him, and the ''Exhortatio Humilitatis'', printed among Martin's works, is also probably addressed to him.<ref name="Miro"/> Indeed, Martin advised Miro's counsellors to read his ''Formula'' so as to be able better to counsel the king.<ref>Arias, 28.</ref>

In the same year as the council of Braga, Miro conducted an expedition against the [[Ruccones]] (''Runcones'') of Cantabria, possibly a [[Basque people|Basque]] tribe,<ref name="Miro"/> with the intention of expanding his kingdom.<ref name="Arias30">Arias, 30.</ref> This attack on a people within the Gothic kingdom was perhaps an excuse for Gothic reprisals against the Sueves. In 573 Leovigild subdued the region of "Sabaria" (probably between [[Zamora (province)|Zamora]] and [[Salamanca (province)|Salamanca]]) with the likely intention of preempting Miro.<ref name="Arias30"/> In 574 he "restored the province [of Cantabria] to his dominion."<ref name="Arias30"/> In response, Miro sent envoys to [[Guntram]], the [[Franks|Frankish]] [[King of Burgundy]] and a consistent thorn in Leovigild's side, but they were intercepted and detained on the way by Leovigild's ally, [[Chilperic I]], the Frankish king of [[Neustria]].<ref name="Miro"/><ref name="Arias31">Arias, 31.</ref>

In 575 Leovigild invaded the "Aregensian Mountains" near [[Ourense]] and captured "the lord of the region, along with his wife, children, and riches, bringing the region under his power."<ref name="Arias31"/> Aspidius, the "lord of the region", may have been a Hispano-Roman landowner who had sided with the Suevi.<ref name="Arias31"/> In 576 Leovigild again marched to the southern frontier of Galicia (the [[Douro]]) and menaced the small kingdom, even founding the city of Villa Gothorum (modern [[Toro (Spain)|Toro]]). Miro sued for peace, and obtained it for a short time.<ref name="Miro"/> In 580 Miro endeavoured to support Leovigild's Catholic son [[Hermenegild]] in rebellion.<ref name="Miro"/>

For the events surrounding Miro's death, the contemporary and near-contemporary accounts conflict. According to [[Gregory of Tours]], in 583 Miro led an army to raise the siege of [[Seville]] by Leovigild, but the two kings held a conference before Miro had reached Seville and he returned to Galicia, where he died shortly after, supposedly from the effects of the bad air and water of [[Baetica]].<ref name="Miro"/> On the other hand, two Iberian chroniclers, [[John of Biclar]] and [[Isidore of Seville]], concur that he died before Seville while assisting Leovigild with the siege of the town.<ref name="Miro"/> Modern scholarship favours Gregory's interpretation, taking into account Miro's alliances with Francia and Byzantium, Suevic animosity to the Goths, and the shared Catholic faith of Sueves and rebels.<ref name="Arias32">Arias, 32.</ref>

He was succeeded ''in provincia Gallacciæ'' by his adolescent son [[Eboric]].<ref name="Arias32"/> He also left a widow, Sisegu(n)tia, who married [[Andeca]], who deposed Eboric and took to ruling ''in Gallaccia Suevorum regnum''.<ref name="Arias32"/>

==Notes==
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==Sources==
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*Arias, Jorge C. [https://www.academia.edu/1523816/Identity_and_Interaction_the_Suevi_and_the_Hispano-Romans "Identity and Interaction: The Suevi and the Hispano-Romans."] Ph.D. dissertation. University of Virginia: Spring 2007.
*[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/wace/biodict.html?term=Miro "Miro."] In Henry Wace and William C. Piercy, edd. ''A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature''. London: John Murray, 1911. Reprinted as ''Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies''. United States: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999. {{ISBN|1-56563-460-8}}.

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