Saint of the week St Isidore the Farmer (May 15)

farmer and husband on march 12 1622, pope gregory xv canonised five great saints: st ignatius and st philip neri, founders of the jesuits an...

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On March 12 1622, Pope Gregory XV canonised five great saints: St Ignatius and St Philip Neri, founders of the Jesuits and the Oratory respectively; Francis Xavier, the pioneering missionary to the East; St Teresa of Avila, reformer of the Carmelites; and a Spanish farm labourer of the 12th century, who went to Mass every morning and then ploughed the fields.

Born in Madrid in 1070, the child of devout parents, St Isidore soon entered the service of the rich landlord Juan de Vargas.

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