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 ⓘ
linked to: Cartagena, Spain

Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)
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 Spain ⓘ
linked to: Visigothic Kingdom
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 Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman 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 ⓘ
Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leander of Seville → sibling → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Leander of Seville → influenced → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Doctor of the Church → includes → St. Isidore of Seville ⓘ
linked to: 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 → Saint Isidore of Seville ⓘ
linked to: 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 → Saint Isidore of Seville ⓘ
linked to: Isidore of Seville
Isidore → borneBy → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Isidro → hasSaintAssociation → Saint Isidore of Seville ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
Latin Church Fathers → notableMember → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Sphere of the Sun → includesSoul → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Saint-Isidore, Quebec, Canada → namedAfter → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Colegio Imperial (Real Colegio de San Isidro) → namedAfter → Saint Isidore of Seville ⓘ
linked to: Isidore of Seville
Saint Leander of Seville → sibling → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Saint Leander of Seville → relative → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Gesalec → describedBySource → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Theudigisel → sourceMention → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Historiarum Adversus Paganos → influenced → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
King of the Suebi → documentedInSource → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
King of the Suebi in Gallaecia → hasSource → Isidore of Seville ⓘ
Diocese of Cartagena → secondaryPatronSaint → Saint Isidore of Seville ⓘ
linked to: Isidore of Seville