Editing Ferdinand III of Castile (section)

== Patronage ==
{{Saint|name=Saint Ferdinand III|image=Fernando III el Santo, rey de Castilla y León.jpg|caption=Painting of St. Ferdinand III by [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]] (17th century)|feast_day=May 30|honored_in=[[Catholic Church]]|canonized_date=4 February 1671|canonized_by=[[Pope Clement X]]|patronage=Cities: [[Seville]], [[Aranjuez]], [[San Fernando de Henares]], [[Maspalomas]], [[Pivijay]] <br /> Military: [[Spanish Army]]'s Corps of Engineers}}
Saint Ferdinand is the [[patron saint]] of Seville, [[Aranjuez]], [[San Fernando de Henares]], [[Maspalomas]], [[Pivijay]], and of several other localities. He is also the patron of the [[Spanish Army]]'s Corps of Engineers,<ref name="engineers" /> and engineers generally.<ref>Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Cassell Ltd.</ref>

Since the establishment in 1819 of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna|Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna]], also called "Diocese of Tenerife" ([[Canary Islands]]), Saint Ferdinand is the co-patron of the diocese and of its [[La Laguna Cathedral|Cathedral]] pursuant to the [[papal bull]] issued by [[Pope Pius VII]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lorenzo Lima|first=J.|title = Patrimonio e historia de la antigua Catedral de La Laguna| url= https://www.academia.edu/16839138|publisher =Diocesis of San Cristóbal de la Laguna, Government of the Canary Islands, et al|year= 2013|language=ES| isbn =978-84-7947-625-0}}</ref> This is because La Laguna is a [[suffragan diocese]] of the [[Archdiocese of Seville]] whose capital city has Saint Ferdinand as one of its co-patrons, together with the ''Virgen de los Reyes''.  Saint Ferdinand is also the patron of the [[University of La Laguna]], since this institution was founded under the name of ''Universidad Literaria de San Fernando'' (Literary University of Saint Ferdinand).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ull.es/view/institucional/ull/Historia/es|title=Orígenes de la ULL|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|website=ULL. Universidad de La Laguna|access-date=5 August 2016|language=ES|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827141057/http://www.ull.es/view/institucional/ull/Historia/es|archive-date=27 August 2016}}</ref>