(crossthreading from Info & Announcements)


"So, how did a 7th century Spanish archbishop and educator become the patron saint for the Internet?

The Vatican’s Observation Service for Internet, which drew its mission from the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, researched the Internet and related technologies to select a patron saint that best reflects the concerns and ideals of computer designers, programmers and users. The saint chosen by the Observation Service was Saint Isidore.

The proposal for such a move was made in 1999, with Spanish Catholic bishops advocating St. Isidore as the best candidate on the grounds that in the 7th century he produced one of the world's first databases in the form of a twenty-volume encyclopedia called the Etymologies...."




http://diosef.org/isidore/index.html