Hermogius was a Benedictine bishop, and uncle to Pelagius of Cordova

Pelagius of Cordova

Saint Pelagius of Cordova is said to have been a Christian boy left by his uncle at the age of ten as a hostage with the Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III of al-Andalus, in trade for a clerical relative previously captured by the Moors, the bishop Hermoygius. The exchange never occurred and Pelagius...

. Born at Tuy

Tuy

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, Spain

Spain

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, Hermogius founded Labrugia Monastery in Spanish Galicia in 915. Shortly afterwards he was taken prisoner by the Moors

Moors

The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of the Maghreb region who are predominately of Berber and Arab descent. They came to conquer and rule the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years. At that time they were Muslim, although earlier the people had followed...

 after their recent conquest of the area. Hermogius was released when his nephew, Pelaguis took his place as a hostage for the Moors. Pelagius would later suffer death as a martyr, with Hermogius retreating to Ribas del Sil

Palacios del Sil

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, where he would eventually die, in 942.