ST. ISIDORE OF SEVILLE (APRIL 4TH)
St. Isidore of Seville, AD 560 - 636 Edited by Bp. Joseph ( Anglican Vicariate ) St. Isidore was born in Cartagena, Spain, a former Carthaginian colony, to Severianus and Theodora. Both Severianus and Theodora belonged to notable Hispano-Roman families of high social rank. His parents were members of an influential family who were instrumental in the political-religious manoeuvring that converted the Visigothic kings from Arianism to Catholicism. The Catholic Church celebrates him and all his siblings as known saints: An elder brother, St. Leander of Seville, immediately preceded Isidore as Archbishop of Seville and, while in office, opposed King Liuvigild. A younger brother, St. Fulgentius of Cartagena, served as the Bishop of Astigi at the start of the new reign of the Catholic King Reccared. His sister, St. Florentina of Cartagena, was a nun who allegedly ruled over forty convents and one thousand consecrated religious. St. Isidore received his elementary education in the Cathedral
