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Dictionaries
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Isidorus, Archbaptist of Seville
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Seville, Spain, City of
• Seville, Spain, Archdiocese of
• Seville, Leander of, Saint
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Isidore of Seville
• Seville, Spain (Capital)
• Seville, Spain (Province)
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Isidore of Seville, or Isidorus Hispaliensis
• Seville, Councils of
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Isidore, St., Bishop of Seville
• Seville
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Seville
• St. Isidore of Seville
• St. Leander of Seville
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Abu Ayub (Sulaiman Ibn al-Muallim) of Seville
• Abu Isḥaḳ Ibrahim Ibn Sahl al-Israili of Seville
• Seville

A celebrated Spanish city and river port on the Guadalquivir, 62 m. NE. of Cadiz; an iron bridge connects it with Triana, a large suburb on the other side of the river; many of the old picturesque Moorish buildings have given place to modern and more commodious structures and broader streets; the great Gothic cathedral (15th century), containing paintings by Murillo, &c., is among the finest in Europe; the Moorish royal palace, the great Roman aqueduct (in use until 1883), the museum, with masterpieces of Murillo, Velasquez, &c., the university, archbishop's palace, Giralda Campanile, and the vast bull-ring, are noteworthy; chief manufactures embrace cigars, machinery, pottery, textiles, &c.; while lead, quicksilver, wines, olive-oil, and fruits are exported; is capital of a province.