San Isidro Labrador, patron saint of farmers. ROSES AND THORNS - Alejandro R. Roces - May 15, 2001 | 12:00am. It was only in May 1 of 1913 that our workers started celebrating Labor Day.

The town's church, with San Isidro Labrador as Patron Saint was constructed in a land donated by Dona Clara Najarro (the family originally comes from Cebu City but relocated in San Fernando, Cebu ...