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Isidore of Seville

560 - 636

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Isidore of Seville (Latin: Isidorus Hispalensis; c. 560 – 4 April 636) was a Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and archbishop of Seville. He is widely regarded, in the words of the 19th-century historian Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, as "the last scholar of the ancient world". At a time of disintegration of classical culture, aristocratic violence, and widespread illiteracy, Isidore was involved in the conversion of the Arian Visigothic kings to Chalcedonian Christianity, both assisting his brother Leander of Seville and continuing after Leander's death. He was influential in the inner circle of Sisebut, Visigothic king of Hispania. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isidore of Seville is the 259th most popular religious figure (down from 148th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Spain (down from 37th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Isidore of Seville is most famous for his encyclopedic work, the Etymologiae, which was one of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Isidore of Seville ranks 259 out of 3,187. Before him are Rabia of Basra, Ānanda, Pope Honorius IV, Pope Adrian II, Pope Paschal I, and Pope Gelasius II. After him are Pope Honorius II, Pope Boniface V, John of Nepomuk, Zechariah, Pope Leo IV, and Pope Paul II.

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Among people born in 560, Isidore of Seville ranks 1. After him are Sophronius of Jerusalem, Tassilo I of Bavaria, Constantina, and Labīd. Among people deceased in 636, Isidore of Seville ranks 1. After him are Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, Dervan, Arioald, Sisenand, Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah, Abd-Allah ibn Umm-Maktum, Rostam Farrokhzad, and Cwichelm of Wessex.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Isidore of Seville ranks 48 out of 3,355. Before him are Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), Arcadius (377), Florentino Pérez (1947), Charles III of Spain (1716), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), and Francisco de Zurbarán (1598). After him are Lope de Vega (1562), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Luis Buñuel (1900), José Carreras (1946), El Cid (1045), and Tomás de Torquemada (1420).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Isidore of Seville ranks 10. Before him are Catherine of Aragon (1485), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Francis Xavier (1506), Maimonides (1138), Teresa of Ávila (1515), and Saint Dominic (1170). After him are Tomás de Torquemada (1420), John of the Cross (1542), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Vincent of Saragossa (300), and Vincent Ferrer (1350).

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