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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 1,397,328 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia. Isidore of Seville is the 176th most popular religious figure (down from 94th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Spain 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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  • 66

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  • 10.03

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  • 3.18

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Isidore of Seville ranks 176 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Urban V, Pope Alexander VII, Pope Gregory XIV, Saint Cecilia, Rachel, and Pope Eugene IV. After him are Pope Gregory VIII, Pope Boniface IX, Bridget of Sweden, Pope Clement XIII, Elizabeth of Hungary, and Pope Callixtus III.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Isidore of Seville ranks 40 out of 2,932. Before him are Federico García Lorca (1898), Philip III of Spain (1578), Montserrat Caballé (1933), Luis Buñuel (1900), Roland (736), and Charles III of Spain (1716). After him are Pope Callixtus III (1379), Arcadius (377), Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), El Cid (1045), Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), and Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Isidore of Seville ranks 9. Before him are Pope Alexander VI (1431), Maimonides (1138), Teresa of Ávila (1515), Saint Lawrence (225), Saint Dominic (1170), and Francis Xavier (1506). After him are Pope Callixtus III (1379), John of the Cross (1542), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Vincent of Saragossa (300), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), and Ibn Hazm (994).

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