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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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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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