Saint Elmo would leave the king’s court at the end of this campaign and head towards Asturias and Galicia (northern Portugal). It is from this time that most stories about miracles granted through the intercession of the saint come from. Many were also converted because of their testimony of humility, closeness to the poor and love of the Lord. This is said about the friar in Roman martyrology:
«In Tuy, Galicia, in Spain, blessed Pedro González, commonly called “Telmo”, priest of the Order of Preachers, who tried to be as humble as he had previously desired glory, dedicating himself to helping the most humble, especially to sailors and fishermen (1246)».
The saint’s sympathy for men of the sea is well known. However, the Lord wanted him to serve his Order as prior, a service he performed in the monastery of Guimarães, (Portugal).
At the end of his life, when he was sixty years old, he retired to Tuy (Galicia). He died after falling ill on Easter 1246, while going as a pilgrim to the tomb of the apostle Saint James, the famous ‘Camino de Santiago’.