Nendos
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Nendos or Nemitos was the name of a historic Galician county in northern Galicia. Its existence is documented from the 6th century in the Suebic Kingdom of Galicia
, but due to its etymology, -derived from the celtic name Nemeton, there are insidious of its existence in pre-Roman times. Nendos is still a ecclesiastical province
in Galicia.
Suebic Kingdom of Galicia
The Suebic Kingdom of Galicia was the first independent barbarian Christian kingdom of Western Europe and the first to separate from the Roman Empire, as well as the first one to mint coins. Based in Gallaecia, it was established in 410 and lasted as independent state until 584, after a century of...
, but due to its etymology, -derived from the celtic name Nemeton, there are insidious of its existence in pre-Roman times. Nendos is still a ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
in Galicia.