The therapeutic results of the waters of this fountain had been first reported within the twelfth century.
Situated within the Cementerio Sacramental de San Isidro de Madrid, the Fuente de San Isidro owes its title to Saint Isidore the Farmer, patron saint of Madrid. The story goes that St. Isidore first miraculously made the waters stream on this spot by sticking his cane within the floor to provide his grasp Iván de Vargas a drink.
After its powers had been first reported, peasants started going to drink the water that flowed from the fountain because it was thought of miraculous. Empress Isabella of Portugal needed to check the advantages that the folks of Madrid attributed to the water and, after ingesting from the spring, Emperor Charles V and his son, the long run monarch Philip II, recovered from their diseases. Grateful for the therapeutic of her husband and son, Queen Elizabeth ordered the development of a brand new hermitage in honor of the Saint in 1528.
The waters of the fountain are nonetheless blessed yearly previous to the fifteenth of Might, the day of festivities for town’s patron saint. On the day, folks collect to gather the water and profit from its miraculous properties.
