Isidore the Laborer, born Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, also known as Isidore the Farmer, 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; Condiro Jalisco, La Ceiba, Honduras; and of Tocoa, Honduras. His feast day is celebrated on 15 May.

05-15

• 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
• Lima The Philippines: Pulilan
• Bulacan Aurora
• Zamboanga del Sur Angono

1070 or 1082

15 May 1130 (aged 59) or 1172

canonized

12 March 1622

Gregory XV

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