Chararic (Suebian king)

Following Gregory's account (the Historia Francorum, written between 573 and 579), leprosy was a common disease in Galicia during the mid-sixth century and the king's son was a victim.

When the relics were brought to Galicia and his son was healed by the intercession of Saint Martin, Chararic and the entire royal household converted to the Nicene faith.

Gregory is unreliable on this point, however, because he adds further in his De Virtutibus S. Martini that the relics and the future bishop had both left on their journeys to Galicia on the same day as well, but as the relics travelled velociter and Martin travelled from Pannonia, their trips could not have been of identical length.

[4] In the opinion of some historians, Chararic is nothing more than an error on the part of Gregory of Tours and never existed.

[8] Chararic introduced the cult of Martin of Tours to Galicia and made him the beatus patronus of the province.