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The study claims that the saint’s body presents “characteristics typical of Afro-descendant groups.”
The recently released results of a forensic study on the remains of St. Isidore the Farmer confirm what the canonization bull says about his death – namely, that he died between the ages of 35 and 45.
Isidore the Farmer lived between the 11th and 12th centuries. Born in Madrid around the year 1070 to a poor and devout family, he was baptized with the name Isidore, after the 6th-century saint and scholar Isidore of Seville, often referred to as “the last scholar of the ancient world.”
A farmworker in the service of the wealthy landowner Juan de Vargas, he is the patron saint of farmers and of Spain’s capital city, Madrid. As this year marks the 400th anniversary of his canonization, Pope Francis granted a jubilee year to the diocese of Madrid, the Holy Year of San Isidro.
When presenting the results of the forensic study, the Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Carlos Osorio, explained that “the decision to carry out this study shows that the Church is not afraid of anything and that, leaning on scientific advances, we can learn more about men like St. Isidore, an example of sanctity for his contemporaries and for millions of believers around the world throughout the centuries.”
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The recently released results of a forensic study on the remains of St. Isidore the Farmer confirm what the canonization bull says about his death – namely, that he died between the ages of 35 and 45.
Isidore the Farmer lived between the 11th and 12th centuries. Born in Madrid around the year 1070 to a poor and devout family, he was baptized with the name Isidore, after the 6th-century saint and scholar Isidore of Seville, often referred to as “the last scholar of the ancient world.”
A farmworker in the service of the wealthy landowner Juan de Vargas, he is the patron saint of farmers and of Spain’s capital city, Madrid. As this year marks the 400th anniversary of his canonization, Pope Francis granted a jubilee year to the diocese of Madrid, the Holy Year of San Isidro.
When presenting the results of the forensic study, the Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Carlos Osorio, explained that “the decision to carry out this study shows that the Church is not afraid of anything and that, leaning on scientific advances, we can learn more about men like St. Isidore, an example of sanctity for his contemporaries and for millions of believers around the world throughout the centuries.”
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