Isidore the Laborer, also known as Isidore the Farmer (Spanish: San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – 15 May 1130), was a Mozarab farmworker who lived in medieval Madrid.

St. Isidore was born at Madrid, Spain, in the latter half of the 12th century. For the greater part of his life he was employed as a laborer on a farm outside the city. Many marvelous happenings accompanied his lifelong work in the fields and continued long after his holy death.

May 15, 2022 · Saint Isidore the Farmer’s Story. Isidore has become the patron of farmers and rural communities. In particular, he is the patron of Madrid, Spain, and of the United States National Rural Life Conference.

In Madrid[1] [lives] the memory of blessed Isidro,[2] most glorious confessor of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, while he was [only] a simple farmer,[3] was seen to be devoted to God and a friend to man.

May 14, 2024 · Saint Isidore is the patron saint of Madrid, where he lived and died. Born around 1082, he was a peasant who worked his lord’s land as a tenant in exchange for rent, as was normal at this time. Saint Isidore is also considered the …

May 15, 2014 · Isidore is known as the patron saint of farmers and laborers but he isn’t some morality tale on the benefits of hard work. In fact, Isidore spent so much time praying instead of working that he’s hardly a model of an employer’s ideal worker.

His Life, as first written in 1265 by John, a deacon of the church of St. Andrew, at Madrid, and supplemented by him in 1275, is printed in Acta S.S., May, III, 515-23. It served as the basis for LOPE DE VEGA's religious poem San Isidro (1599).

Saint Isidore the Farmer (San Isidro Labrador) was a day laborer known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the patron saint of farmers and the harvest. The story of St. Isidore is a reminder of the dignity of work, and that ordinary life can lead to holiness.

May 14, 2020 · Isidore is known as the patron saint of farmers and laborers but he isn’t some morality tale on the benefits of hard work. In fact, Isidore spent so much time praying instead of working that he’s hardly a model of an employer’s ideal worker.

May 15, 2021 · But when the landowner went to confront San Isidro, he found the pious man deep in prayer – while an angel did the plowing for him! The boss has also seen two angels plowing alongside San Isidro, thus yielding the work of three people. Isidore died on May 15, 1130, at 60 years of age, and was canonized in 1622. His body has been found ...