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St. Isidro was a Spanish laborer who worked most of his life as a ploughman for a nobleman who lived near Madrid. Despite of his long daywork, he never failed to attend daily Mass and to spend time praying before the Blessed Sacrament. He married a maidservant, Maria Torribia, who has been canonized under the name of Maria dela Cabeza. Always willing to help their neighbors, they worked with the poor in the city slums. St. Isidro patron saint of Minanga since the first mission of Padre Lucas del Spiritu Santo,OP, also a saint, assigned in what is now Santa Isabel, Ilagan. Minanga then, still a Nagcurutan then transferred to the present site after a big flood and was named Minanga. Minanga was a sitio of San Roque, barrio of Gamu. After the migration of people from Ilocos Region due to the excessive taxes imposted by the Spaniards, the Tagudins occupied the present town of Naguilian and the name Naguilian means "nagbalin nga ili".Ilaoags and Paoayans settled in what is now Minanga.