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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.
Since the thirteenth century, the Royal Congregation of Saint Isidor has promoted and spread this concept and example of holy matrimony set by Ss. Isidore and Mary of the Head. [1] In July 2011, three rural parishes in the Diocese of Rochester, were united into one parish under the patronage of Ss. Isidore and Maria Torribia.
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.
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St. Isidore's Collegiate Church (Spanish: Real Basílica Colegiata de San Isidro), or simply referred to as the Colegiata, is a Baroque Catholic church in central Madrid, Spain. It is named after and holds the relics of Saint Isidore , who is patron of Madrid, as well as his wife, Santa María de la Cabeza .
St. Isidore and his wife Sta. Maria de la Cabeza can be seen painted on the side aisles ceiling. The two can also be seen on the sanctuary's ceiling together with the depiction of the Last Supper of Jesus. Francia employed the use of di sotto in su painting technique in the dome with a depiction of the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Isidore of Seville (Latin: Isidorus Hispalensis; c. 560 – 4 April 636) was a Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian, and archbishop of Seville.He is widely regarded, in the words of 19th-century historian Montalembert, as "the last scholar of the ancient world".