The Spanish cleric and encyclopedist St. Isidore of Seville (560-636) is known for the legacy of ancient culture that he transmitted to the Middle Ages in his chief work, the Etymologies. Isidore was born into a Hispano-Roman family about the time his...

560-636 Spanish Roman Encyclopedist As the title of his Etymologies suggests, Isidore of Seville intended his monumental work as an exploration of word origins. What resulted was both something less and something more than he intended. On the one hand,...

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. Member of an eminent Andalusian family, Isidore was prepared to inherit the...

560-636 Spanish theologian and encyclopedist who is considered the last of the Western Latin Fathers. Isidore's Etymologiae sive Originens, an encyclopaedia of human and divine subjects, was considered an important reference book throughout the...

Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: San Isidro or San Isidoro de Sevilla), Latin: Isidorus Hispalensis (c. 560 – April 4, 636) was Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and has the reputation of being one of the great scholars...

The next time your computer crashes or you accidentally download a virus, you may want to forgo the phone call to technical service in favor of seeking divine intervention from the Internet's patron saint. Unfortunately, as far as the church is concerned, spiritual...

Cazier's book is an excellent example of the sometimes elusive genre "historical theology," difficult to describe but easy to recognize when well executed. It is also a good example of a growing tendency to take early medieval theologians seriously, respecting the genres in...