RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Isidore the Laborer

1080 - 1130

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Isidore the Laborer, born Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, 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. His feast day is celebrated on 15 May. The Spanish profession name labrador comes from the verb labrar ("to till", "to plow" or, in a broader sense, "to work the land"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isidore the Laborer is the 801st most popular religious figure (down from 797th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Spain (up from 309th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Isidore the Laborer is most famous for his eponymous law, which states that the amount of work done by a body is equal to the product of its weight and the distance it travels in a given time.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Isidore the Laborer ranks 801 out of 3,187. Before him are Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Emma Morano, Abe no Seimei, Radha, Hillel the Elder, and Gerhard Ludwig Müller. After him are Sen no Rikyū, Saint Malachy, Isaac in Islam, Euphemia, Zephaniah, and Papias of Hierapolis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1080, Isidore the Laborer ranks 5. Before him are Pope Eugene III, Avempace, Suger, and Norbert of Xanten. After him are Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Matilda of Scotland, Raymond du Puy, Sanai, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, and Abu Hamid al-Gharnati. Among people deceased in 1130, Isidore the Laborer ranks 4. Before him are Pope Honorius II, Sigurd the Crusader, and Joannes Zonaras. After him are Ibn Tumart, Bohemond II of Antioch, Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Aénor de Châtellerault, Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, Bernard of Chartres, Margaret Fredkulla, and Herman II, Margrave of Baden.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Isidore the Laborer ranks 265 out of 3,355. Before him are Fernando Rey (1917), Muhammad I of Granada (1194), Antonio Machado (1875), George Santayana (1863), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), and Ibn Zuhr (1091). After him are Liuvigild (525), Felipe González (1942), Andrés Segovia (1893), Huneric (450), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), and Alfonso I of Asturias (693).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Isidore the Laborer ranks 23. Before him are Ibn Hazm (994), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Eulalia of Mérida (290), and Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626). After him are John of Ávila (1500), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Al-Qurtubi (1214), and Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643).

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