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'''Saint Ildefonsus''' (Latin: '''Ildefonsus Toletanus'''; c. 607 – 23 January 667) was a 7th-century Visigothic scholar-bishop of Toledo, celebrated for his defence of the Virgin Mary’s perpetual virginity and his authorship of ''De Virginitate Sanctae Mariae''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07667a.htm |title=St. Ildephonsus |publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born in Toledo to a noble family, he was educated under Saint Eugene I and became a monk at Agali (Agalia) monastery before being elected abbot and later archbishop of Toledo in 657, succeeding his uncle Eugene.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=210 |title=St. Ildephonsus |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> He presided over the Eighth and Ninth Councils of Toledo (653 and 655, before his episcopacy) and the Tenth (656), which condemned Arianism and strengthened Church–state relations under King Recceswinth.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Ildefonsus |title=Saint Ildefonsus |publisher=Britannica |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
'''Saint Ildefonsus''' (Latin: '''Ildefonsus Toletanus'''; c. 607 – 23 January 667) was a 7th-century Visigothic scholar-bishop of Toledo, celebrated for his defence of the Virgin Mary’s perpetual virginity and his authorship of ''De Virginitate Sanctae Mariae''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07667a.htm |title=St. Ildephonsus |publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born in Toledo to a noble family, he was educated under Saint Eugene I and became a monk at Agali (Agalia) monastery before being elected abbot and later archbishop of Toledo in 657, succeeding his uncle Eugene.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=210 |title=St. Ildephonsus |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> He presided over the Eighth and Ninth Councils of Toledo (653 and 655, before his episcopacy) and the Tenth (656), which condemned Arianism and strengthened Church–state relations under King Recceswinth.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Ildefonsus |title=Saint Ildefonsus |publisher=Britannica |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>