Saint Leander of Seville | |
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Bishop and Confessor | |
Born | c. 534 Carthago Spartaria, Spania, Eastern Roman Empire |
Died | 13 March 600 or 601 Hispalis, Visigothic Kingdom |
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Attributes | episcopal attire |
Leander of Seville (Spanish: San Leandro de Sevilla; Latin: Sanctus Leandrus; c. 534 AD, in Cartagena – 13 March 600 or 601, in Seville) was a Hispano-Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Seville. He was instrumental in effecting the conversion of the Visigothic kings Hermenegild and Reccared to Chalcedonian Christianity. His brother (and successor as bishop) was the encyclopedist Isidore of Seville.