[7] See Cañal, San Isidoro, ch. 7.
[8] Martin A. S. Hume, The Spanish People, p. 45.
[9] See Teuffel and Schwabe, History of Roman Literature, vol. ii, sec. 495, 1, and Poetae Latini Minores, 5, 357.
[10] See Einhard, Vita Caroli Magni in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores (Pertz ed.), vol. ii, p. 456.
[11] Another factor in the history of Spain at this time that may have had a slight influence on the culture of the country was the reoccupation of the southeastern part of the country by the Eastern Empire, which lasted from Justinian’s time down to 628. The region so held included even Seville for some years.
[12] For the history of Spain under the Visigoths, see Lavisse et Rambaud, Histoire Générale, vol. i, chap. 3 (by M. A. Berthelot), and Altamira, Historia de España, vol. i, c. 1.
[13] In the Acta Sanctorum, Aprilis 1 (April 4) is the life of Isidore supposed to have been written by Lucas Tudensis (13th century). Arevalo also gives a life by Rodericus Cerratensis (also 13th century). These ‘lives’ are full of fables and cannot be trusted as sole authorities for any detail of Isidore’s career.
[14] Severianus, Leander, Fulgentius, Florentina.
[15] Gregory’s Moralia is dedicated to Leander.
[16] Sancti Leandri Hispalensis Episcopi Regula sive de institutione virginum et contemptu mundi, in Migne, Patr. Lat., vol. 72, col. 866–898.