RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Isidore the Laborer

1080 - 1130

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Isidore the Laborer, also known as Isidore the Farmer (Spanish: San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – 15 May 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers, and of Madrid; El Gobernador, Jalisco; La Ceiba, Honduras; and of Tocoa, Honduras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isidore the Laborer has received more than 615,451 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Isidore the Laborer is the 797th most popular religious figure (up from 832nd in 2019), the 309th most popular biography from Spain (up from 321st in 2019) and the 24th 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 797 out of 3,187. Before him are Anastasius of Persia, Hippolytus of Rome, Nicholas of Flüe, Eutyches, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Pietro Parolin. After him are Paul of Samosata, Gemma Galgani, Basilides, Peter Chrysologus, Papias of Hierapolis, and Giuseppe Moscati.

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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, Matilda of Scotland, Margaret Fredkulla, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Sanai, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, and Raymond du Puy. Among people deceased in 1130, Isidore the Laborer ranks 4. Before him are Pope Honorius II, Ibn Tumart, and Joannes Zonaras. After him are Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Bernard of Chartres, Bohemond II of Antioch, Sigurd the Crusader, Margaret Fredkulla, Domenico Michiel, Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, and Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Isidore the Laborer ranks 309 out of 3,355. Before him are Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (1729), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), Thérésa Tallien (1773), Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850), and Pedro Cea (1900). After him are George Santayana (1863), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Gérard Encausse (1865), César Manrique (1919), Alfonso II of Asturias (759), and Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Isidore the Laborer ranks 24. Before him are Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), and Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436). After him are John of Ávila (1500), Al-Qurtubi (1214), Peter of Alcantara (1499), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Priscillian (340), and Anthony Mary Claret (1807).

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