Saint Isidore the Laborer
Patron of 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
Feast day: May 15
Born c. 1070
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.
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