Leander of Seville

Saint

Leander of Seville
Saint; Leander of Seville
	San Leandro by Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo
Bishop and Confessor
Born	c. 534; Carthago Spartaria, Spania, Eastern Roman Empire
Died	13 March 600 or 601; Hispalis, Visigothic Kingdom
Venerated in	Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church;
Feast	27 February (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Vetus Ordo); 13 March (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Novus Ordo; Mozarabic Rite); 13 November (in Spain);
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.

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