X-Nico

unusual facts about St Isidore



Guillén de Castro y Bellvis

He probably made the acquaintance of Lope de Vega at the festivals (1620-1622) held to commemorate the beatification and canonization of St Isidore, the patron saint of Madrid.


see also

Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh

He received instructions while in Mantua, on the 4th May 1647, to proceed to the Irish Franciscan College of St. Isidore, at Rome, to teach philosophy; he was teaching theology there in 1652, and was doing so as late as 1677.