Feast Day, Celebrations and Festivals
Saint Isidore is widely venerated as the patron saint of peasants and day laborers, as he had been one himself.
The traditional date of his liturgical feast, which, though not included in the General Roman Calendar, has been celebrated for centuries in several countries and dioceses, is 15 May.
Many towns venerate St Isidore and his wife Saint Maria Torribia with processions in which the fields are blessed.
Read more about this topic: Isidore The Laborer
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