When Did St Isidore Farmer Die?
Isidore the Farm Labourer, Also Known as Isidore the Farmer, Was a Spanish Farmworker Known for His Piety Toward the Poor and Animals. He Is the Catholic...
Isidore the Farm Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer, 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 and of La Ceiba, Honduras. His feast day is celebrated on May 15.
When did saint Isidore die?
St. Isidore of Sevilla, also spelled Saint Isidore of Seville, Latin Isidorus Hispalensis, (born c. 560, Cartagena or Sevilla, Spain—died April 4, 636, Sevilla; canonized 1598; feast day April 4), theologian, last of the Western Latin Fathers, archbishop, and encyclopaedist.
Where did saint Isidore the Farmer live?
Isidore was born in Madrid, in about the year 1070, of poor but very devout parents, and was christened Isidore from the name of their patron, St. Isidore of Seville. Isidore spent his life as a hired hand in the service of the wealthy Madrilenian landowner Juan de Vargas on a farm in the city's vicinity.