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Also known as: Isidro
Labrador; Isadore the Farmer
Memorial: 15 May
Profile
Pius farmer. Married to Saint Mary de la Cabeza. Their son died young;
they became convinced it was the will of God that they not have children,
and they lived together celibately the rest of their lives, doing good
works. Accused by fellow workers of shirking his duties by attending Mass
each day, taking time out for prayers, etc., Isidore claimed he had no
choice but to follow the highest Master. One tale says that when his
master came in the morning to chastise him for skipping work for church,
he found angels plowing the fields in place of Isidore. Miracles and cures
reported at his grave, in which his body remains incorruptible.
Born
c.1070 at Madrid, Spain
Died
15 May 1130
Canonized
1622
Patronage
agricultural workers, death of children, farm workers, farmers, field
hands, for rain, husbandmen, laborers, livestock, Madrid Spain, ranchers,
rural communities, United States National Rural Life Conference
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