A Penitent Blogger

Mindful of my imperfections, seeking to know Truth more deeply and to live Love more fully.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cum vix iustus sit securus?
Recordare, Iesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae: Ne me perdas illa die...

Saturday, April 04, 2009

They say he didn't like school

But he stuck with it nonetheless.

In fact, he ended up becoming one of the most learned men in the world and would promote education as one of the ways to hold together a society that was falling apart.

He would be responsible for compiling large quantities of information and making them available to many.

Today, he is called the patron saint of the Internet.

St. Isidore, Bishop of Seville and the last western Father of the Church, died on this very day 1,373 years ago.

(from an earlier post)