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ST. Leander, Son of Severianus of the Province of Carthage in Spain, after he had profess'd a Mo∣nastical Life, was promoted to the Bishoprick of Sevil. He had so much Eloquence, so much Address, * 1.1 and Wit and Learning, that he brought back into the bosom of the Church the Goths who were engag'd in the Arian Faction. He was sent to Constantinople in the quality of Ambassador from his King to the
Emperor Tiberius, where he contracted, a•• we have already said, a friendship with St. Gregory. He compos'd many Works, of which here follows the Catalogue which Isidore has left us. He wrote, says he, * 1.2 in the time of his Journey two Books against Heretical Doctrines, wherein there appear'd great knowledge of the Scripture. There he discovers and confounds with great earnestness the Errors of the Arians, by showing what the Church teaches in opposition to them, and wherein it differs from them in its Doctrine and in its Mysteries. He 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••lso another little Work against the Arians, wherein he relates their Ob∣jections, and subjoyns Answers to them. He compos'd also a Treatise address'd to his Sister Florentina, concerning the Instruction of Virgins and Contempt of the World. He was very industrious and careful about the Offices of the Church, for he made two Editions of the Psalms with the Prayers, and compos'd Songs suitable to the Prayers and the Psalms which are repeated at the Sacrifice. He address'd many Letters to Pope Gregory. There is one about Baptism, another address'd to his Brother, wherein he admonishes him, that he must not fear death; and many familiar Letters to his Friends, which are not written in lofty words, but are made up of spiritual Thoughts. He flourish'd and died under King Reccaredus. This is what Isidore informs us concerning the Life and Works of St. Leander.
We have now nothing remaining but his Letter to his Sister Florentina, which is in the third part of the Code of the Rules of Benedict of Aniana: 'Tis a very wise and useful Rule for Nuns. The style of it is concise and short; He affects to speak by way of Sentences, which are adorn'd with Antitheses, and words whose termination and cadence are the same at every part of a Period. There is also a Harangue of this Saint, about the Conversion of the Goths, which he spoke after the third Council of Toledo, at the end of which it is to be found.
St. Lean∣der Bishop of Sevel.
Licinia∣nus and Severus Bishops of Spain.