RELIGIOUS FIGURE

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 19th-century historian 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 his brother's death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isidore of Seville has received more than 1,515,313 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Isidore of Seville is the 148th most popular religious figure (up from 172nd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Spain (up from 40th in 2019) and the 9th 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 148 out of 3,187. Before him are Barnabas, Pope Paul V, Mani, Pope Lucius I, Pope Innocent VIII, and Pope John XXII. After him are Pope Sylvester III, Pope Gregory XV, Pope Leo XII, Pope Benedict XIII, Pope Pius IV, and Pope Clement XII.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Isidore of Seville ranks 37 out of 3,355. Before him are Federico García Lorca (1898), Julio Iglesias (1943), Philip III of Spain (1578), Anne of Austria (1601), Saint Dominic (1170), and Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476). After him are Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Luis Buñuel (1900), Charles III of Spain (1716), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Joan Fuster (1922), and Montserrat Caballé (1933).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Isidore of Seville ranks 9. Before him are Maimonides (1138), Francis Xavier (1506), Saint Lawrence (225), Teresa of Ávila (1515), Catherine of Aragon (1485), and Saint Dominic (1170). After him are Pope Callixtus III (1379), John of the Cross (1542), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Vincent of Saragossa (300), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), and Ibn Hazm (994).

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