Isidore the Laborer |
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Saint Isidore the Farmer |
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| Born | c. 1070 or 1082
Madrid, Taifa of Toledo |
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| Died | 15 May 1130 (aged 59) or 1172
Madrid, Kingdom of Castile |
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| Venerated in | Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Aglipayan Church |
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| Beatified | 2 May 1619, Rome by Pope Paul V |
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| Canonized | 12 March 1622, Rome by Gregory XV |
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| Feast | 15 May; 25 October; 22 March |
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| Attributes | Portrayed 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. In Spanish art, his emblems are a spade or a plough. |
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| Patronage | San 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 del Sur
Angono, Rizal
Malaybalay City
Mantalongon, Cebu
Cabaon-an, Labrador, Pangasinan, Ormoc City, Leyte Cuenca, Batangas
Digos
Brgy. San Isidro, San Pablo City
San Isidro, Lupao, Nueva Ecija
Lucban, Quezon
Anos, Los Baños, Laguna
Makiling, Calamba City, Laguna
Mogpog, Marinduque
Morong, Rizal
Nabas, Aklan
Bayebaye, Jamindan, Capiz
Binalbagan, Negros Occidental
Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental
Sariaya, Quezon
Talavera, Nueva Ecija
Tayabas, Quezon
San Isidro, Talisay City, Cebu, Gumaca, Quezon,
Pinili, Ilocos Norte
Tudela, Misamis Occidental,
San Fernando, Cebu, Tabogon, Cebu,
Calamba, Misamis Occidental
San Isidro, Naga City
San Isidro, San Luis,
San Isidro, Batangas City,
San Isidro, Tarlac City Pampanga
Mabalacat City, Pampanga
Puerto Rico: Sabana Grande
Spain: Castalla, Estepona, Madrid, Orotava, Valdepiélagos
Bohol
Honduras: La Ceiba |
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Isidore the Laborer, born Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, also known as Isidore the Farmer (Spanish: San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – 15 May 1130), was a Mozarab farmworker who lived in medieval Madrid. Known for his piety toward the poor and animals, he is venerated as a Catholic patron saint of farmers, and of Madrid; El Gobernador, Jalisco; La Ceiba, Honduras; and of Tocoa, Honduras. His feast day is celebrated on 15 May.
The Spanish profession name labrador comes from the verb labrar ("to till", "to plow" or, in a broader sense, "to work the land"). Hence, to refer to him as simply a "laborer" is a poor translation of the Spanish labrador as it makes no reference to the essential farming aspect of his work and his identity.
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