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 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
Church Father ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
associatedWith Seville ⓘ
Third Council of Toledo ⓘ
Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate circa 534 ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
contributedTo conversion of King Reccared I to Catholicism ⓘ
correspondedWith Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great
countryOfCitizenship Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Visigothic Kingdom
deathDate circa 600 ⓘ
deathPlace Seville ⓘ
era 6th century ⓘ
feastDay 27 February ⓘ
friend Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great
fullName Leander of Seville ⓘ
helpedEstablish Catholic orthodoxy in Visigothic Spain ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
influenced Reccared I of the Visigoths ⓘ
linked to: Reccared I
influencedBy Gregory the Great ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Nicene Christianity ⓘ
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 ⓘ
patronage Seville ⓘ
placeOfActivity Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Seville ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Seville ⓘ
relative Florentina of Cartagena ⓘ
Fulgentius of Écija ⓘ
Isidore of Seville ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
roleInChristianity shaped early Spanish Catholic doctrine ⓘ
roleInEvent presided over the Third Council of Toledo ⓘ
sibling Florentina of Cartagena ⓘ
Fulgentius of Écija ⓘ
Isidore of Seville ⓘ
studentOf Eastern monastic tradition ⓘ
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
wrote De institutione virginum ⓘ
linked to: De virginibus

Homilies and letters ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

San Leandro → namedAfter → Saint Leander of Seville ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville → hasPatronSaint → Saint Leander of Seville ⓘ
Diocese of Cartagena → secondaryPatronSaint → Saint Leander of Seville ⓘ