COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
unknown artist
Date display:
late 19th/early 20th century
Title:
San Isidro Labrador
Title:
Isidore, the Farmer, Saint, 1080?-1130?
Note Fr. Steele:
Would have been part of an ensemble of figures -- oxen, plow, angel, etc.|kneeling, missing one lower leg.
Location name:
Phillipines
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Acquisition note:
Acquired from Cowboys and Indians, 4000 central SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
Accession number:
RU0485
Measurements display:
20.955 x 15.24 x 7.62 cm
Santo Subject:
San Isidro Labrador (Saint Isidore the Plowman)
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Lived:
Died: 1170
Feast Day:
May 15
Patronage:
Patronage: of farmers, of crops, petitioned for rain; patron of all workers.
Note:
A farmer, married to Santa María de la Cabeza, whose praying God enjoyed so much he used to send an angel to do the saint's plowing and free him for prayer. Often depicted in farmer's garb, usually with a broad brimmed hat, often with a walking staff, ox goad, or hocking iron; an angel guides a plow pulled by two oxen. Charles Briggs has a lot of information in his various publications on devotion to San Isidro.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED