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St. Isidore of Seville, Bishop and Doctor

Feasts Holy Days and Seasons, St. Isidore of Seville
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Sunday, April 4, 2021

April 4 is the feast day of St. Isidore of Seville: a bishop and a scholar who wrote a huge encyclopedia. This collection was used as a textbook for nine centuries. He also invented the period, comma, and colon!

He lived during the late sixth and early seventh century, when there was a lot of division in Spain. He helped reunite the country. St. Isidore promoted the need to have well educated clergy. He was also known for his charity.

St. Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of the internet, computer users, computer technicians, programmers, and students.

115 Saintly Fun Facts
Learn more about St. Isidore and other saints

Youth Prayer to St. Isadore for Those Using the Internet

Yes, internet users have a patron saint! It is St. Isadore of Seville, a seventh century bishop. He wrote a huge encyclopedia called Etymologies which at the time was thought to be a recording of everything known. The wikipedia of its day. 🙂

115 Saintly Fun Facts

115 Saintly Fun Facts is a delightful way to look at the saints. So many books focus on how they died or what they suffered. This book focuses on what was really special and unique about these saints.

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