Ildefonsus
Scholar and theologian
- Lived
- 607–667
- Country
- Kingdom of Toledo
Updated September 2026
About Ildefonsus
Ildefonsus or Ildephonsus was a scholar and theologian who served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo for the last decade of his life. His Gothic name was Hildefuns. In the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church he is known as Dexius based on the Ge'ez translation of legends about his life.
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