Quick Facts
- Son of Severianus and Theodora, people known for their piety.
- Brother of Saint Fulgentius,Saint Florentina, andSaint Leander of Seville, who raised him after their father's death.
- Initially a poor student, he gave the problem over to God and became one of the most learned men of his time.
- Priest.
- Helped his brother Leander, archbishop of Seville, in the conversion the Visigoth Arians.
- Hermit.
- Archbishop of Seville c.601, succeeding his brother to the position.
- Teacher, founder, reformer.
- Required seminaries in every diocese, wrote a rule for religious orders.
- Prolific writer including a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a history of Goths, and a history of the world beginning with creation.Completed the Mozarabic liturgy which is still in use in Toledo, Spain.
- Presided at the Second Council of Seville, and the Fourth Council of Toledo.
- Introduced the works of Aristotle to Spain.
- Proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIV in 1722, and became the leading candidate for patron of computer users and the Internet in 1999.
