Leander of Seville

bishop of Seville

b. c. 534 · d. 13 Mar 600

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.

Related people

Isidore of Seville sibling of · traditional
Fulgentius of Cartagena sibling of · traditional
Florentina sibling of · traditional

Works

Events

Third Council of Toledo 589

Commemorated

Leander of Seville

Places

Cartagena birth
Seville death

How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church 1 claim — Third Council of Toledo