St. Isidore 24in. Outdoor Colored Statue

Also known as
    Isadore the Farmer
    Isidore Bonden
    Isidore of Madrid
    Isidore the Laborer
    Isidro Labrador

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 chastely 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 of natural causes

Beatified
    2 May 1619 by Pope Paul V

Canonized
    12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV

Patronage
    agricultural workers
    Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines
    death of children
    Digos, Philippines, diocese of
    Estepona, Spain
    farm workers
    farmers
    field hands
    for rain
    husbandmen
    laborers
    livestock
    Madrid, Spain
    Malaybalay, Philippines, diocese of
    ranchers
    rural communities
    Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
    United States National Rural Life Conference