San Ysidro
used for Blessing of Fields at New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
The San Ysidro bulto was created by Virginia Maria Romero and is now a part of the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum’s permanent collections. It is used annually during the Blessing of the Fields/San Ysidro Processional in May, when it is carried to the Museum’s fields and animals to bless them for the coming year.
Traditionally held on May 15 in agricultural communities throughout the world, the event honors a devout farmer, born in 1070 in what is now Madrid, Spain. Tradition has it that when he was chastised for missing farm duties to pray and attend Mass, angels were sent to plow the fields in his place.
