Isidore of Seville
- Born
- c. 560
- Died
- 4 Apr 636
- Bishop of
- Seville
- Wrote in
- Latin
Contemporary timeline
His life beside those who lived in his time, from the year 540 to 700.
People
Events
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- Estimated birth
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- Event
- Received as ecumenical by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
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Who he was
Bishop of Seville from c. 600, succeeding his brother Leander, in Visigothic Spain after its conversion to Catholicism. His Etymologies, an encyclopedia of ancient learning, was one of the most copied books of the Middle Ages; he presided over the Fourth Council of Toledo (633).
- Region
- Hispania (Spain)
- Language
- Latin
- Role
- Bishop of Seville
- Died
- 4 Apr 636
His writings
3 writings, c. 598–630
c. 615–630
c. 598–615
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