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.

May 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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