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Peter González
Spanish Dominican friar and priest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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See also: Saint Elmo (disambiguation), San Telmo (disambiguation), and Pedro Gonzalez (disambiguation)
For the Dominican footballer, see Peter González (footballer).
Peter González Telmo, OP (1190 – 15 April 1246), also known as Saint Elmo, was a Castilian Dominican friar and priest, born in 1190 in Frómista, Palencia, Kingdom of Castile and Leon.
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![]() 16th-century painting of the Blessed Peter González, by Alejo Fernández, in the Alcázar of Seville | |
Religious, priest and confessor | |
Born | October 14, 1190 Frómista, Kingdom of Castile and Leon |
Died | 14 April 1246(1246-04-14) (aged 55–56) Tui, Galicia, Kingdom of Castile and Leon |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (Dominican Order) |
Beatified | 1254, Rome, Papal States, Pope Innocent IV 13 December 1741, Rome, Papal States, Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed) |
Feast | 14 April |
Attributes | Dominican holding a blue candle or a candle with a blue flame; Dominican lying on his cloak which is spread over hot coals; Dominican holding fire in his bare hands; Dominican catching fish with his bare hands; Dominican beside the ocean, often holding or otherwise protecting a ship |
Patronage | sailors |
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