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Leander z Sewilli

534 – 600

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Leander of Seville was a Hispano-Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Seville. He was instrumental in effecting the conversion of the Visigothic kings Hermenegild and Reccared to Catholicism. His brother was the encyclopedist Isidore of Seville.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
January 1, 534
Cartagena
Date of death
March 13, 600
Seville
Citizenship

Kingdom of Toledo

Occupations & fields
Catholic priestwriter
Notable works
Rule of St. LeanderHomilia de triumpho ecclesiae ob conversionem Gothorum
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