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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.
Procession for Santa María de la Cabeza in Madrid (2011) After Isidore's death, Maria became a hermit. She was said to have performed miracles and merited after her death the byname de la Cabeza, because the relic of her head (conserved in a reliquary and carried in procession) has often brought rain from heaven to dry countrysides.
The Iglesia San Isidro Labrador y Santa María de la Cabeza (English: Church of Saint Isidore the Laborer and Blessed Maria Torribia) is a Spanish Colonial-style building in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, which was built by 1844. The Bishop of Ponce saw reconstruction in 1934. [2]
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.
Iglesia San Isidro Labrador y Santa María de la Cabeza, an 1844 Spanish Colonial building in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico Instituto San Isidro , an historic school in Madrid, Spain Nuestra Señora de los Dolores y San Isidro Labrador, Libertad , a Roman Catholic parish church in Libertad, San José Department, Uruguay
The local feast par excellence is the Day of Isidore the Laborer (San Isidro Labrador), the patron Saint of Madrid, celebrated on 15 May. It is a public holiday . According to tradition, Isidro was a farmworker and well manufacturer born in Madrid in the late 11th century, who lived a pious life and whose corpse was reportedly found to be ...
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The busiest tourist season by far is the week leading up to the internationally renowned "Gran Carnaval Internacional de La Ceiba" which is a citywide celebration in honour of the city's patron saint, St. Isidore (San Isidro). During the week leading up to the third Saturday in May, many neighborhoods have smaller celebrations in one or a ...