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González was educated by his uncle, the Bishop of Astorga, who gave him a canonry when he was very young. On one occasion, he was riding triumphantly into the city, his horse stumbled, dumping him into the mud to the amusement of onlookers. Humbled, the canon reevaluated his vocation and later resigned his position to enter the Dominican Order.[1] González became a renowned preacher; crowds gathered to hear him and numberless conversions were the result of his efforts.
He spent much of his time as a court preacher. After King Saint Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon captured Córdoba, González was successful in restraining the soldiers from pillaging the city.[2] He also worked for the humane treatment of Moorish prisoners.[1]
After retiring from the court, González devoted the remainder of his life to preaching in northwest Spain, and developed a special mission to Spanish and Portuguese seamen. He died on 15 April 1246 at Tui and is buried in the local cathedral.[3]
The diminutive "Elmo" (or "Telmo") belongs properly to the martyr-bishop Erasmus of Formia (died c. 303), one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, of whose name "Elmo" is a contraction. However, as Erasmus is the patron saint of sailors generally, and Peter González of Spanish and Portuguese sailors specifically, they have both been popularly invoked as "Saint Elmo." he is also the patron of St. Peter Themo parish in Aparri, Cagayan
^"Blessed Peter Gonzalez", Saint of the Day, Franciscan Media
^ abMershman, Francis. "St. Peter Gonzalez." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 28 December 2015
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Peter Gonzalez". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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