Francis Raymond de Sauvetât, orRaymond of Toledo, was theArchbishop of Toledo from 1125 to 1152.[1] He was a FrenchBenedictine monk,[2] born inGascony.[3]
His most important work was the creation of a working group of translators that would later be known as theToledo School of Translators. He ordered the reconstruction of theCathedral of Toledo, reserving a section of the building for the School. The group recovered lost classical ancient texts of antiquity and promoted the delivery of major advances in the Toledo School of Medicine, algebra and astronomy.[4]
He attended theCouncil of Rheims in 1148.[5]
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