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Also known as

• Brother of the Will of God
• Isidore de Loor
• Isidoor de Loor
• Isidoor of Saint Joseph
• Isidoro De Loor di San Giuseppe

Memorial

• 6 October

Profile

Oldest of three children born to a pious farm family, and loved working the fields. Passionist lay brother, entering the congregation in 1906, and making his vows on 13 September 1908, taking the name Isidore of Saint Joseph. Known for an intense prayer life, and for his personal simplicity and charity. Lost his right eye to cancer in 1911, and suffered through cancer during his few remaining years.

Born

• 18 April 1881 at Vrasene, diocese of Gent-Gand, Flanders, Belgium

Died

• 6 October 1916 of cancer and pleurisy at Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium

Venerated

• 12 July 1982 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 30 September 1984 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Isidore of Saint Joseph“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 July 2023. Web. 19 April 2024. <>