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=== His reign ===
[[File:Huneric BMC 012 (cropped).jpgZ|thumb|right|coin of Huneric]] Huneric was a fervent adherent to [[Arianism]]. Yet his reign opened with making a number of positive overtures towards the local Roman population. Following the visit of a diplomatic mission from the [[Eastern Roman Empire]] led by Alexander, Huneric restored properties seized by his father from the merchants of [[Carthage]].<ref>Malchus, fragment 13. Translated by C.D. Gordon, ''Age of Attila: Fifth Century Byzantium and the Barbarians'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1966), p. 125f</ref> He also lifted the policy of persecuting the local [[Roman Catholic church|Catholics]], allowing them to hold a synod wherein they elected a new Catholic bishop of Carthage, [[Eugenius of Carthage|Eugenius]], after a vacancy of 24 years.<ref>[[Victor of Vita]], 2.3-6; translated by John Moorhead, ''Victor of Vita: History of the Vandal Persecution'' (Liverpool: University Press, 1992), pp. 25f</ref>
However, not long after the ordination of Eugenius, Huneric reversed himself and began to once again persecute Catholics.<ref>Victor of Vita, 2.23-46; translated by John Moorhead, pp. 32-40</ref> Furthermore, he tried to make Catholic property fall to the state, but when this caused too much protest from the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman]] Emperor, he chose to banish a number of Catholics to a faraway province instead. On February 1, 484 he organized a meeting of Catholic bishops with Arian bishops, but on February 24, 484 he forcibly removed the Catholic bishops from their offices and banished some to [[Corsica]]. A few were [[martyr]]ed, including the former [[proconsul]] [[Victorian, Frumentius, and Companions|Victorian along with Frumentius and other wealthy merchants]], who were killed at [[Hadrumetum]] after refusing to become Arians.<ref>[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0323.shtml Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of March 23]</ref> Among those exiled was Vigilius, bishop of [[Thapsus]], who published a theological treatise against Arianism.
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