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Isidore of Seville
Also known as Isidorus Hispalensis
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- born. c. 560medium · Wikidata P569
- died. 636-04-04high · Wikidata P570
Bishop of Seville (d. 636) whose Etymologies became the standard encyclopedia of the Latin Middle Ages.
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Isidore of Seville was a Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and archbishop of Seville. He is widely regarded, in the words of the 19th-century historian Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, as "the last scholar of the ancient world".
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- Isidore of Seville · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q166876 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1912) article · Various (Catholic Encyclopedia)Accessed 2026-11-12 · 1907-1912 text public domain in the US; dated and confessional, use for history of reception
- Chronicon · Isidore of SevilleAccessed 2026-11-12 · Per page; Roger Pearse places his own translations in the public domain, others vary. Link only.
Authority files
- Q166876
- VIAF 803890
- Library of Congress n80139470
- Trismegistos author 446
- Perseus 771
- Pinakes 1565
- Catholic Encyclopedia 08186a
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- Seville · place
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