Isidore the Laborer

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	Roman 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" ,'Madrid agriculture; farmers; day labourers; Argentina: San Isidro Chile: Cuz Cuz Peru: Carampa and Lima The Philippines: Pulilan, Bulacan Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur Angono, Rizal Malaybalay City Mantalongon, Cebu Cabaon-an, Labrador, Pangasinan, Ormoc City, Leyte Cuenca, Batangas Digos Brgy. San Isidro, San Pablo City San Isidro, Lupao, Nueva Ecija Lucban, Quezon Anos, Los Baños, Laguna Makiling, Calamba City, Laguna Mogpog, Marinduque Morong, Rizal Nabas, Aklan Bayebaye, Jamindan, Capiz Binalbagan, Negros Occidental Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental Sariaya, Quezon Talavera, Nueva Ecija Tayabas, Quezon San Isidro, Talisay City, Cebu, Gumaca, Quezon Tudela, Misamis Occidental, San Fernando, Cebu, Tabogon, Cebu, Calamba, Misamis Occidental San Isidro, Naga City San Isidro, San Luis, San Isidro, Batangas City, San Isidro, Tarlac City Pampanga Mabalacat City, Pampanga Puerto Rico: Sabana Grande Spain: Castalla, Estepona, Madrid, Orotava, Valdepiélagos Bohol Honduras: La Ceiba

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. 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; La Ceiba, Honduras; and of Tocoa, Honduras. His feast day is celebrated on 15 May.

The Spanish profession name labrador comes from the verb labrar ("to till", "to plow" or, in a broader sense, "to work the land"). Hence, to refer to him as simply a "laborer" is a poor translation of the Spanish labrador as it makes no reference to the essential farming aspect of his work and his identity. His real name was Isidro de Merlo y Quintana.