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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Isidore of Seville
		Isidore was the son of Severianus and Theodora.
		Isidore, though far advanced in years, presided over its deliberations, and was the originator of most of its enactments.
		Isidore was the last of the ancient Christian Philosophers, as he was the last of the great Latin Fathers.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08186a.htm (2474 words)

	Isidore Of Seville - LoveToKnow 1911
		Left an orphan while still young, Isidore was educated in a monastery, and soon distinguished himself in controversies with the Arians.
		In 599, on the death of his brother, he was chosen archbishop of Seville, and acquired high renown by his successful administration of the episcopal office, as well as by his numerous theological, historical and scientific works.
		The Regula monachorum of Isidore was adopted by many of the monasteries in Spain during the 7th and 8th centuries.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Isidore_Of_Seville (684 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Isodore of Seville
		Isidore was born to Severain and Theodora, highborn citizens of Carthagena, Spain.
		Isidore, having received an education, and also deciding to devote himself to the service of the Church, assisted his brother Leander the Archbishop of Seville in converting the Visigoths from the Arian heresy.
		Isidore must have been considerably younger than his siblings, because he is recorded as receiving his elementary education at the Cathedral school of Seville.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980301/SAINTS/STISODORE.HTM (1208 words)

	Medieval Bestiary : Isidore of Seville
		Isidore of Seville was born in the latter half of the sixth century (the exact date is unknown) and died around 636 CE.
		In it Isidore attempted to set down, in twenty volumes, the basics of all that was known on a vast range of topics, including grammar, rhetoric and logic; arithematic, geometry, and astronomy; law, military science and theology; cosmology; and agriculture, mineralogy, physiology and zoology, among others.
		Isidore believed that the names of things gave some insight into the properties of those things; he further believed that the original names were assigned in the "first language," Hebrew.
	bestiary.ca /prisources/psdetail821.htm (1048 words)

	St Isidore of Seville
		St Isidore is honoured in Spain as the most illustrious doctor of that church, in which God raised him, says St. Braulio,1 to stem the torrent of barbarism and ferocity which everywhere followed the arms of the Goths, who had settled themselves in that kingdom in 412.
		Isidore having qualified himself in his youth for the service of the church by an uncommon stock of virtue and learning, assisted his brother, Leander, Archbishop of Seville, in the conversion of the Visigoths from the Arian heresy.
		Isidore, to extend to posterity the advantages which his labours had procured to the church, compiled many useful works, in which he takes in the whole circle of the sciences, and discovers a most extensive reading, and a general acquaintance with the ancient writers, both sacred and profane.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/ISIDSEV.htm (748 words)

	Isidore of Seville Biography \| eorl_07_package.xml
		ISIDORE OF SEVILLE (560–636), bishop of Seville (603–636), proclaimed "eminent teacher and an honor to the church" by the Council of Toledo of 653.
		Through his pastoral leadership, Isidore imbued the Visigothic church with the same concerns that dominate his writings: respect for the political authority of the Goths, incitation for increasing participation of the Hispano-Romans in the life of the church, and an overriding intellectual and moral commitment.
		Mild and conciliatory, Isidore was a man of great human and Christian optimism; he struggled with his own strict education and with the intransigent atmosphere of the church after the triumph of catholic orthodoxy against the Arians, and over tensions with Jews after 614.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/isidore-of-seville-eorl-07 (683 words)

	Isidore of Seville, Saint - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ISIDORE OF SEVILLE, SAINT [Isidore of Seville, Saint], c.560-636, Spanish churchman and encyclopedist, bishop of Seville, Doctor of the Church.
		Born of a noble Hispano-Roman family from Cartagena, he spent his youth under the supervision of his brother St. Leander, powerful bishop of Seville, and may have helped the latter in the extirpation of Arianism among the Visigoths.
		During his own tenure of the bishopric (from c.600) Isidore wielded considerable ecclesiastical power; he presided at the second Council of Seville (619) and at the fourth national Council of Toledo (633).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-isidores1.html (390 words)

	St. Isidore of Seville
		His elder brother Leander was his immediate predecessor in the Metropolitan See of Seville; whilst a younger brother St. Fulgentius presided over the Bishopric of Astigi.
		Whether Isidore ever embraced monastic life or not is still an open question, but though he himself may never have been affiliated with any of the religious orders, he esteemed them highly.
		Realizing that the spiritual as well as the material well-being of the nation depended on the full assimilation of the foreign elements, St. Isidore set himself to the task of welding into a homogeneous nation the various peoples who made up the Hispano-Gothic kingdom.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/i/isidore_of_seville,saint.html (2504 words)

	Isidore of Seville - Timeline Index
		Saint Isidore of Seville was Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and has the reputation of being one of the great scholars of the early middle ages.
		Isidore's most important work was the first encyclopedia known to be compiled in western civilization, the Etymologiae.
		Isidore also produced a History of the Goths; On the Nature of Things (not the poem of Lucretius), a book of astronomy and natural history dedicated to the Visigothic king Sisebut; and Questions on the Old Testament.
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/1488 (348 words)

	St. Isidore of Seville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Considered a slow student as a child, Isidore grew up to be a prolific writer and was later named a Doctor of the Church.
		When Isidore was orphaned at a young age, he was brought up by Leander, his strict older brother.
		Isidore decided he could learn everything he needed to if he kept at it just as the water had worn the rock.
	www.homefaith.com /webcal_files/955064061.html (208 words)

	Catholic Community Forum Saints - St. Isidore of Seville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Isidore was born around the year 560 at the city of Cartagena in Spain.
		Isidore assisted at several important councils held in Spain during his life and also presided over the Council of Toledo in 610.
		Isidore was held in high regard for his learning during his life and for many years after his death.
	www.catholic-forum.com /themes/st_isidore.html (565 words)

	April 4: Isidore's encyclopedia not finished at death
		Isidore wrote little that was original, content to glean the labors of the past, enough of a job for any man in his position.
		At root of Isidore's concern for science was his desire to reform the church through discipline and the establishment of schools.
		Isidore was educated by Leander and in the schools of the monks.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2001/04/daily-04-04-2001.shtml (717 words)

	Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida
		Isidore was born in 560 AD to a noble family in Cartgena, Spain.
		Succeeding his brother, Isidore served for 36 years as archbishop of Seville, and was known for his emphasis on education.
		The proposal for such a move was made in 1999, with Spanish Catholic bishops advocating St. Isidore as the best candidate on the grounds that in the 7th century he produced one of the world's first databases in the form of a twenty-volume encyclopedia called the Etymologies.
	diosef.org /isidore (305 words)

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		Isidore's family were native Spaniards trained in Roman traditions, but the Western Roman Empire had long since fallen, and Spain had belonged to the Visigoths for more than a century when he was born.
		Leander later became archbishop of Seville, and in about 599 Isidore, by then nearing the age of 40, replaced him in that position.
		Part of this involves differences in mindset between his time and the present, but it also owes something to Isidore's assumption that the name of a subject is a key to understanding the subject itself.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/saint-isidore-of-seville-scit-01123 (743 words)

	Isidore Internet Patron Saint?
		Isidore is a natural choice as an icon of the Information Age.
		At present, St. Isidore is pitted against a real contender, San Pedro Regaldo, a 15th century global navigator.
		Trailing behind in the race for the title are the angel Gabriel, the bringer of messages, and St. Anthony, the finder of lost possessions.
	www.newyorkcarver.com /isidore.htm (292 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A son of a noble family from Cartagena, St. Isidore of Seville was born c.
		He was, however, opposed to their forced conversion, an act forbidden by a canon of the Fourth Council of Toledo, at which Isidore presided in 633.
		Isidore had not finished the work at the time of his death in 636, and his disciple, Braulio of Saragossa, continued it.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/isidore.html (199 words)

	Medieval Latin Online (University of Oklahoma)
		The image is taken from the Aberdeen Bestiary, which provides the source for the texts in the Physiologus unit.
		Isidore was born in Spain in 560 and died in 636.
		He was educated at the cathedral school in Seville, where he later became Archbishop.
	www.mythfolklore.net /medieval_latin/07_hrabanus/supp/isidore.htm (126 words)

	Isidore of Seville
		Isidore of Seville, or Isidorus Hispalensis, Spanish encyclopaedist and historian, was the son of Severianus, a distinguished native of Cartagena, who came to Seville about the time of the birth of Isidore.
		Especially interesting is the De natura rerum ad Sisebutum regem, a treatise on astronomy and meteorology, which contained the sum of physical philosophy during the early middle ages.
		The collection of canons known as the Isidoriana or Hispalensis is not by him, and the following, attributed to him, are of doubtful authenticity: De ortu ac obitu patrum qui in Scriptura laudibus efferuntur; Allegoriae scripturae sacrae et liber numerorum; De ordine creaturarum.
	www.nndb.com /people/200/000104885 (506 words)

	St. Isidore, Bishop & Doctor
		Whether St. Isidore ever embraced monastic life or not is still an open question, but though he himself may never have been affiliated with any of the religious orders, he esteemed them highly.
		Saint Isidore was a key figure at the Council of Toledo, in 633.
		He was known for his concern for the proper formation of the clergy, for his generosity to the poor and for his humility: when he knew he was dying he asked publicly for forgiveness for the faults of his past life.
	www.wf-f.org /StIsidore.html (1071 words)

	Saints - Isidore of Seville
		Isidore was born in Cartagena, Spain, about 560 AD, the son of Severianus and Theodora.
		In its preface Isidore acknowledges, his indebtedness to Julius Africanus; to St.
		Saint Isidore accomplished his work with great coherence: it is complete and its features are complementary in themselves.
	www.scborromeo.org /saints/isidores.htm (1839 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : April 04, 2006 : Isidore of Seville
		Isidore, who succeeded his brother St. Leander as Archbishop of Seville, was one of the great bishops of the seventh century.
		He was proficient in all brances of knowledge and was regarded as one of the most learned men of his time; with Cassiodorus and Boethius he was one of the thinkers whose writings were most studied in the Middle Ages, St. Isidore died in 636.
		Isidore, archbishop of Seville and brother of the saintly Bishop Leander, ranks as the most outstanding person in the Church of Spain during the seventh century.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2006-04-04 (395 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive Kids: A Saint a Day - St. Isidore of Seville
		Isidore was born at Cartagena, in Spain although their family was originally from Rome.
		Little Isidore was not a very good student at first and thought Leander was just about the meanest person in the whole world because he pushed Isidore to do his lessons.
		Isidore first became a priest and then was made the bishop of Seville, Spain.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /kids/saints/0404.asp (435 words)

	Medieval Bestiary : Encyclopedist Of The Dark Ages: Isidore Of Seville
		Isidore of Seville (latter half of the sixth century to circa 636 CE) was a Hispanic-Roman churchman and writer in the city of Seville.
		Isidore was a compiler of existing knowledge rather than an original thinker, but his writing was influential for centuries after his death.
		Brehaut's An Encyclopedist Of The Dark Ages: Isidore Of Seville gives an overview of Isidore's life, culture and works, and provides a translation of extracts from the Etymologies.
	bestiary.ca /etexts/brehaut1912/brehaut1912.htm (312 words)

	Saint Isidore - Patron Saint of Computers and the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Born about the middle of the sixth century, Isidore was the brother of three saints - St Leander, his predecessor in the see of Seville, St Fulgentius and St Florentina.
		By example and legislation, Isidore provided schools for the education of his countrymen, their curriculum as comprehensive as his own studies.
		Honesty, however, compels us to admit that the glory of Isidore's achievements is smirched by his encouragement of, or at least acquiescence in, anti-Semitic canons enacting severe penalties against Jews who refused to pretend to believe in the Christian faith.
	vidicon.dandello.net /isidore.htm (415 words)

	Catholic News Agency
		Isidore is the patron saint of the Internet and the author of the first encyclopedia ever written, called "Etymologiae".
		In an effort to counter this, St. Isidore encouraged education and the study of law, medicine and the liberal arts.
		Isidore was the last of the ancient Christian philosophers and great Latin Fathers.
	www.catholicnewsagency.com /saint.php?n=425 (312 words)

	St. Isidore of Seville - Catholic Online
		Isidore was literally born into a family of saints in sixth century Spain.
		We know from Isidore's later accomplishments that he was intelligent and hard-working so it is hard to understand why Leander thought abuse would work instead of patience.
		Either there must have been a loving side to this relationship or Isidore was remarkably forgiving even for a saint, because later he would work side by side with his brother and after Leander's death, Isidore would complete many of the projects he began including a missal and breviary.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=3877 (1026 words)

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