Oil painting of Leander of Seville by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1655.

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 Catholic prelate from Cartagena who served as Bishop of Seville. He was instrumental in effecting the conversion of the Visigothic kings Hermengild and Reccared to Chalcedonian Christianity. His brother (and successor as bishop) was the encyclopedist Saint Isidore of Seville. (Full article...)


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