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Isidore the Laborer

Isidore the Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer (c. 1070 – 15 May 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the 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.

 

Saint Isodorus of Madrid, pictured here on a stained glass window in St Stephen's church in Wijnandsrade, The Netherlands.

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