[ih] astonishing patron saint of the Internet

[John Day]

Well, I would have voted for Denis Diderot, but the Pope would never have gone for it.  ;-)  

But Diderot was a lot more fun.


> On Apr 11, 2021, at 17:55, vinton cerf via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Vint
> 
> This Wednesday I am doing a brief presentation about my 1473 copy of
> Isidore of Seville. *Etymologiae* at a Zoom session of the Grolier Club.
> 
> I came across this factoid which I share with you in case of the unlikely
> possibility that you were not aware of it.
> 
> In 1997 Pope John Paul II declared Isidore of Seville the patron saint of
> the internet. Saint Isidore died in the year 636, long before the first
> host-to-host ARPANET connection in 1969. But Isidore did try to record
> everything ever known in an encyclopedia that was ultimately published
> after his death
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Gene
> 
> 
> Eugene S. Flamm, MD, FAANS, FACS, FASA
> Professor of Neurosurgery
> Chairman Emeritus
> Albert Einstein College of Medicine
> Montefiore Medical Center
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