Today we remember another saint from Spain who is one of the patrons of World Youth Day. Reading about these saints is getting me more and more excited about this awesome pilgrimage!! Saint Isidore the Farmer was born around 1070 in Madrid, Spain and was was married to Saint Mary de la Cabeza. When their son died young they thought it was the will of God that they not have children, so they lived chaste lives and did good works. When his fellow workers grew angry because he would attend daily Mass and take time out for prayer, he said he had to follow the Higher Master. There is a story that his master was angry because he was not in the field doing work, but the master saw angels plowing the fields. Miracles and cures have been reported at his grave and his body remains incorrupt. He died on May 15, 1130. He was canonized on March 12, 1622 by Pope Gregory XV.
Including being a patron of WYD '11 he is also patron of many things, including agricultural workers, farmers, for rain, Lima, Peru, Sariaya, Philippines, and against the death of children.
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