Isidore of Seville

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Isidore of Seville was a 7th-century Spanish scholar, theologian, and Archbishop of Seville, best known for compiling the encyclopedic work "Etymologiae," which preserved much of classical knowledge for the medieval world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Archbishop of Seville
Catholic bishop
encyclopedist
human
saint
scholar
theologian
birthDate c. 560
birthPlace Cartagena, Spain
surface form: Cartagena

Hispania (probable)
surface form: Hispania
canonizationStatus canonized saint
countryOfCitizenship Visigothic Kingdom
deathDate 4 April 636
deathPlace Seville
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy Pope Innocent XIII
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchDate 1722
educatedBy Leander of Seville
endTime 636 as Archbishop of Seville
era Middle Ages
Visigothic Kingdom
surface form: Visigothic Spain
feastDay 4 April
fieldOfWork church history
encyclopedism
philosophy
theology
givenName Isidore
influenced medieval encyclopedic tradition
medieval scholasticism
knownFor compiling the encyclopedia Etymologiae
preserving classical knowledge for medieval Europe
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
notableWork Chronica maiora
De ecclesiasticis officiis
De natura rerum
Etymologiae
Sententiae
occupation bishop
encyclopedist
theologian
writer
positionHeld Archbishop of Seville
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

Christianity
sibling Florentina of Cartagena
Fulgentius of Écija
Leander of Seville
startTime c. 600 as Archbishop of Seville
title Doctor of the Church
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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Leander of Seville sibling Isidore of Seville
Leander of Seville influenced Isidore of Seville
Doctor of the Church includes Isidore of Seville
this entity surface form: St. Isidore of Seville
Isidore hasNotableBearer Isidore of Seville
Pliny the Elder influenced Isidore of Seville
Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo influencedBy Isidore of Seville
Latin Fathers of the West hasMember Isidore of Seville
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville hasPatronSaint Isidore of Seville
this entity surface form: Saint Isidore of Seville
Sisebut associatedWith Isidore of Seville
Sisebut patronOf Isidore of Seville
Franco–Visigothic conflicts documentedBy Isidore of Seville
Orosius hasInfluenced Isidore of Seville
Basilica of San Isidoro dedicatedTo Isidore of Seville
this entity surface form: Saint Isidore of Seville
Isidore borneBy Isidore of Seville
Isidro hasSaintAssociation Isidore of Seville
this entity surface form: Saint Isidore of Seville
History of the Lombards influencedBy Isidore of Seville
Florentina of Cartagena notableFamily Isidore of Seville
Florentina of Cartagena sibling Isidore of Seville
Jerome's Chronicon usedAsSourceBy Isidore of Seville