Saint Isidore the Farmer
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- Also known as
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Isadore the Farmer
Isidore Bonden
Isidore of Madrid
Isidore the Laborer
Isidro Labrador
- Memorial
- 15 May
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- Pius farmer.
Married to Saint Mary de la Cabeza.
Their son died young; they became convinced it was the will of God that they not have children, and they lived together chastely the rest of their lives, doing good works.
Accused by fellow workers of shirking his duties by attending Mass each day, taking time out for prayers, etc., Isidore claimed he had no choice but to follow the highest Master.
One tale says that when his master came in the morning to chastise him for skipping work for church, he found angels plowing the fields in place of Isidore.
Miracles and cures reported at his grave, in which his body remains incorruptible.
- Born
- c.1070 at Madrid, Spain
- Died
- 15 May 1130 of natural causes
- Beatified
- 2 May 1619 by Pope Paul V
- Canonized
- 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
- Patronage
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agricultural workers
Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines
death of children
Digos, Philippines, diocese of
Estepona, Spain
farm workers
farmers
field hands
for rain
husbandmen
laborers
livestock
Madrid, Spain
Malaybalay, Philippines, diocese of
ranchers
rural communities
Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
United States National Rural Life Conference
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- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Google Directory
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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