Patron saints
Who Is the Patron Saint of Farmers?
Saint Isidore the Farmer · Feast day May 15
The patron saint of farmers is Saint Isidore the Farmer, whose feast day is May 15.
Who was Saint Isidore the Farmer?
Saint Isidore was a humble farm laborer near Madrid who worked the fields all his life while living a life of deep prayer. Stories tell of angels helping him plow while he lingered at his prayers.
Why the patron of farmers?
As a poor and holy man of the land, he is the patron of farmers, rural workers, and all who labor in the fields.
In the Word
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.Galatians 6:9 (KJV)
A note for all traditions: patron saints are honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches as examples of faith and as friends who pray with us, never worshiped, for worship belongs to God alone. Many Protestant Christians honor the saints as examples without asking their intercession. Across all traditions, there is one Lord and one mediator between God and us, the man Christ Jesus, and every one of us, not only the saints, is called to holiness and to him.
All the saints point to Jesus, and so are you called
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