Isidore of Saint Joseph
Passionist lay brother, beatified (1881–1916)
Feast: 6 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Kortrijk in Belgium, Blessed Isidore of Saint Joseph de Loor, religious of the Congregation of the Passion, who carried out the tasks entrusted to him in a holy manner and, struck by illness, was an example to his confreres of acceptance of terrible sufferings.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 6 October as a Passionist religious whose acceptance of terrible suffering was an example to his confreres.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 6 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2496894 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Isidore De Loor (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.