St. Isidore the Farmer
Patron of farmers, rural communities, laborers, Madrid
Saint Isidore (c. 1070–1130), a poor day-laborer near Madrid, spent his life plowing the fields of a wealthy landowner while attending early Mass and giving away most of his small wages to the poorer than himself. According to the medieval life, angels were once seen guiding a second team of oxen for him while he prayed; another time the food in his cottage multiplied to feed a hundred unexpected beggars. Canonized in 1622 with Teresa of Ávila, Ignatius, Francis Xavier and Philip Neri, he is the patron of farmers and rural communities throughout the Spanish-speaking world.