"Nothing exists without music, for the universe itself is said to have been framed by a kind of harmony of sounds, and the heaven itself revolves under the tone of that harmony." - Isidore of Seville

 

 

Saint Isidore of Seville served as Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and is considered, as the historian Montalembert put it in an oft-quoted phrase, "the last scholar of the ancient world".

 

 

Born: 560 AD, Cartagena, Spain

Died: April 4, 636 AD, Seville

Full name: Isidore of Seville

Siblings: Leander of Seville, Fulgentius of Cartagena