Which Visigothic-era archbishop and scholar authored the influential encyclopedia Etymologiae?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Isidore of Seville
- Step 1: According to the official source: Isidore of Seville ... was a Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and archbishop of Seville... His fame after his death was based on his Etymologiae, an etymological encyclopedia that assembled extracts of many books from classical antiquity that would otherwise have been lost. Answer: Isidore of Seville. Why not the others: Leander of Seville, Julian of Toledo, and Braulio of Zaragoza were other prominent early medieval Iberian bishops and ecclesiastical scholars.
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