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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Isidoro de Sevilla |
| Born |
560 |
| Location |
Cartagena, Spain |
| Bloodline |
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| Married |
Yes |
| Children |
Yes |
| Position |
Archbishop of Seville |
| Died |
April 636 |
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Background |
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Isidore was born in Cartagena, Spain, to Severianus and Theodora, part of an influential family who were instrumental in the political-religious manoeuvring that converted the Visigothic kings from Arianism to Catholicism |
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His elder brother, St. Leander, was his immediate predecessor in the Catholic Metropolitan See of Seville, and while in office opposed king Liuvigild
A younger brother, St. Fulgentius, was awarded the Bishopric of Astigi at the start of the new reign of the Catholic King Reccared.
His sister Saint Florentina was a nun, and is said to have ruled over forty convents and one thousand religious. |
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Most Evil Crimes |
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List of most evil crimes |
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Crime |
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655 CE |
Of indecency and moral depravity: In an attempt to persuade priests to remain celibate, the 9th Council of Toledo ruled that all children of clerics were to be automatically enslaved. This ruling was later incorporated into the canon law of the church. |
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