Origin: Traditionally Cartagena in Hispania; uncertain Historical identity: Hispano-Roman; Visigothic Hispania Affiliation: Secular clergy / no religious order
Life and work
Bishop and encyclopaedist in Visigothic Spain. His Etymologies preserved and organized late antique learning for medieval readers, while his pastoral work supported the consolidation of Catholic Christianity in Hispania.
Places and activities
Seville
c. 600-636
Served as bishop and compiled works of learning and Christian instruction.
Years are historical biographical dates; an approximate label on a place record remains approximate.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Lifetime associations, not citizenship or a claim that all affiliations were held simultaneously.
Official modern biographical overview; not contemporary evidence for the saint's travels.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910. Biographical article.
Primary text or author archive. Its presence in the bibliography does not by itself support every map claim.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.