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However, when it reached the village, it continued firmly on its way, despite the fact that many people came out to ask it to stop there. It was then released.ĭespite the fact that it was near to the village of Barco, the mule started walking eastwards along the road that led to Piedrahita. As an agreement could not be reached, a decision was taken in which a divine hand or fortune would intervene: the remains, preserved in salt, were mounted on the back of a mule and the animal was taken to one of the roads around the village of Barco. His miracles and saintliness were known for many miles around and several villages wanted to take his mortal remains to their churches since they awarded virtue to those who prayed next to them.Īs it was the Bishop's see, Ávila asked to receive them, Barco did so as his hometown and Piedrahita as the place where his mother was born. Three days later, Pedro (later known as San Pedro del Barco) died.

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Alarmed, the boy came back with a jug full of wine. It was 1155 and, shortly after his revelation, he sent his assistant to collect water from a nearby spring. He received a reply in the form of a signal: 'You will die when the water in the spring turns into wine'. Something was eating away at him inside and it was that he wanted to know when he would die: he had had the experience of his parents and wanted to know when he would leave this life. However, he was more than 70 years old and needed an assistant, a young boy who could help him. His fame gradually spread and the bishop called him to go on some of the Church's missions.Īfter many years in service, he returned to his hometown and his farming activities. He lived with as little as possible and shared out what he produced among the needy. Shortly afterwards, he was orphaned and retired to a far-off place to farm the land and plough up woody areas. As he grew up, all those around him appreciated his great qualities and his goodness, qualities which, at the time, lead to life in a monastery or priesthood. Pedro was born around 1088 in the area near the village of El Barco de Ávila.

And of course, the tradition that is handed down from one generation to the next has 'decorated' these miracles with a number of myths and legends. The stories about the lives of saints are laden with miracles since canonised saints are required to have performed miraculous tasks throughout their lives.

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