St isidore the farmer biography definition

Isidore the Laborer

11th and 12th-century Spanish farmer and saint

Farmer and Saint


Isidore the Laborer

Saint Isidore the Farmer

Bornc. 1070 or 1082[1]
Madrid, Taifa of Toledo
Died15 May 1130 (aged 59) or 1172
Madrid, Kingdom of Castile
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Aglipayan Church
Beatified2 May 1619, Rome by Pope Paul V
Canonized12 March 1622, Rome by Gregory XV
Feast15 May;[2] 25 October; 22 March
AttributesPortrayed as a peasant holding a sickle and a sheaf of corn, a sickle and staff; as an angel plows for him; or with an angel and white oxen near him.[3] In Spanish art, his emblems are a spade or a plough.
PatronageSan Ysidro, San Diego, California ;"San Isidro Labrador, quita el agua y pon el sol" ,'Madrid
agriculture; farmers; day labourers;
Argentina: San Isidro
Chile: Cuz Cuz
Peru: Carampa and Lima
The Philippines: Pulilan, Bulacan
Aurora, Zamboanga Who is St Isidore?

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