Isidore of Seville

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Deutsch: Isidor von Sevilla (* um 560 in Carthago nova, dem heutigen Cartagena / Spanien; † 4. April 636 in Hispale, dem heutigen Sevilla), auch Isidorus hispalensis genannt, wurde als Nachfolger seines Bruders Leander Bischof von Hispale.

English: Saint Isidore of Seville (Cartagena, c. 560 — Seville, 636) was Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and has the reputation of being one of the great scholars of the Early Middle Ages.

Español: San Isidoro de Sevilla (Cartagena, h. 560 — Sevilla, 636). Obispo, teólogo, compilador y santo hispanorromano en la época visigoda. Fue arzobispo de Sevilla durante más de tres décadas (599–636) y se le considera uno de los grandes eruditos de la Temprana Edad Media.

Portrait by Murillo.
Statue at the access staircase of the National Library of Spain (Madrid).
Front view.
Night view.
Bishop Braulio and Isidore of Seville.
Etymologiae - Map of the known world.

Isidore of Seville

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