Saint Leander of Seville

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Saint Leander of Seville was a 6th-century Archbishop of Seville known for his key role in converting the Visigothic kingdom from Arianism to Catholicism and for shaping early Spanish Christianity.

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Saint Leander of Seville canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Church Father
archbishop
theologian
associatedWith Seville NERFINISHED
Third Council of Toledo NERFINISHED
Visigothic Kingdom NERFINISHED
birthDate circa 534
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
contributedTo conversion of King Reccared I to Catholicism
correspondedWith Pope Gregory I NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania NERFINISHED
deathDate circa 600
deathPlace Seville NERFINISHED
era 6th century
feastDay 27 February
friend Pope Gregory I NERFINISHED
fullName Leander of Seville NERFINISHED
helpedEstablish Catholic orthodoxy in Visigothic Spain
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced Reccared I of the Visigoths NERFINISHED
influencedBy Gregory the Great NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
Latin
movement Nicene Christianity NERFINISHED
notableFor influencing early Spanish Christianity
leading the conversion of the Visigothic kingdom from Arianism to Catholicism
opposing Arianism
officeContested Arianism in the Visigothic kingdom
opposed Arian bishops in Hispania
participatedIn Third Council of Toledo NERFINISHED
patronage Seville NERFINISHED
placeOfActivity Hispania NERFINISHED
Seville NERFINISHED
positionHeld Archbishop of Seville NERFINISHED
relative Florentina of Cartagena NERFINISHED
Fulgentius of Écija NERFINISHED
Isidore of Seville NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
roleInChristianity shaped early Spanish Catholic doctrine
roleInEvent presided over the Third Council of Toledo
sibling Florentina of Cartagena NERFINISHED
Fulgentius of Écija NERFINISHED
Isidore of Seville NERFINISHED
studentOf Eastern monastic tradition
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
wrote De institutione virginum NERFINISHED
Homilies and letters

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San Leandro namedAfter Saint Leander of Seville
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville hasPatronSaint Saint Leander of Seville