who was saint ferdinand
Ferdinand III, also called Saint Ferdinand, Spanish San Fernando (born 1201?âdied May 30, 1252, Sevilla; canonized February 4, 1671; feast day May 30), king of Castile from 1217 to 1252 and of Leon from 1230 to 1252 and conqueror of the Muslim cities of CÃ³rdoba (1236), JaÃ©n (1246), and Sevilla (1248).