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unusual facts about Archbishop of Seville



John of Ávila

While waiting in Seville, his unusually great devotion in celebrating Mass, and his skills in catechesis and preaching, attracted the attention of Hernando de Contreras, a local priest, who mentioned him to the Archbishop of Seville and Inquisitor General, Alonso Manrique de Lara.

Juan Bautista de Acevedo

Acevedo was appointed Bishop of Valladolid on April 30, 1601, and he was consecrated as a bishop by Fernando Niño de Guevara, Archbishop of Seville, on June 17, 1601.

Paolo Giobbe

In 1911, he was a Papal Ablegatus for the imposition of the red biretta on Cardinal Enrique Almaraz y Santos, Archbishop of Seville.


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San Leandro Creek

San Leandro Creek was formerly named Arroyo de San Leandro, likely named by the Spanish for St. Leander, 6th-century archbishop of Seville, "Apostle of the Goths".