Farmer and Saint
Isidore the Laborer
Saint Isidore the Farmer
Confessor
Born
c. 1070 or 1082[1]
Madrid, Taifa of Toledo
Died
15 May 1130 (aged 59) or 1172
Madrid, Kingdom of Castile
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Aglipayan Church
Beatified
2 May 1619, Rome by Pope Paul V
Canonized
12 March 1622, Rome by Gregory XV
Feast
15 May;[2] 25 October; 22 March
Attributes
Portrayed as a peasant holding a sickle and a sheaf of corn, a sickle and staff; as an angel plows for him; or with an angel and white oxen near him.[3] In Spanish art, his emblems are a spade or a plough.
Patronage
San Ysidro, San Diego, California ;"San Isidro Labrador, quita el agua y pon el sol"
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