Isidro Labrador – Saint of the 11th century… and of the 21st…

A review of the life of Saint Isidro, a life lived many centuries ago and hidden among codices, traditions, legends, songs and poems. The author has discovered a man who was not only hard-working but generous, honest, helpful, an environmentalist... a reference for men and women of the 21st century due to his status as a layman, his vicissitudes as an emigrant and his life of commitment and prayer. Isidro Labrador is probably the most popular saint in Spain, as he lends his name to numerous brotherhoods, confraternities, hermitages and agricultural cooperatives throughout the country and his devotion also extends to American lands. A saint from the 11th century who offers us his testimony and his human values ​​to us, citizens of the 21st century. The book includes an epilogue with the hymn to Saint Isidro and a brief essential bibliography.

MANUEL CRESPO ORTEGA T

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