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title: "St. Peter González: Feast Day April 14 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-gonzalez/
description: "St. Peter González, Priest, patron of sailors. Remembered on April 14, died c. 1246. Read their life in Bless."
---

Priest · Remembered on April 14

# St. Peter González

St. Peter González is remembered on April 14 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of sailors.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [April 14](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/#14) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | c. 1246 |
| Patron of | [sailors](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#sailors) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, April 14, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-gonzalez/#calendar) |

## Life

A worldly Spanish canon whose horse threw him into the mud before a laughing crowd — and who rose a changed man, became a Dominican, preached to soldiers and sailors on the docks of Galicia, and is invoked by Spanish seamen as ‘St. Elmo’ whose fire dances on the mast.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Peter González as patron of sailors.

[Sailors](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#sailors)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Nicholas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas/) sailors · December 6

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Peter González. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, April 14, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/14/) | Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter | White | Acts 8:1b-8 · Psalm 66:1-3a, 4-5, 6-7a · See John 6:40 · John 6:35-40 |
| [Friday, April 14, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/04/14/) | Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion | Red | Isaiah 52:13—53:12 · Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25 · Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 · Philippians 2:8-9 · John 18:1—19:42 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[April 13 St. Martin I](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-i/) [April 15 St. César de Bus](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cesar-de-bus/)

[All the saints of April](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/) [Born on April 14?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#04-14) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Peter González

Remembered on April 14

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-gonzalez/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-gonzalez/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-gonzalez/#calendar)

In the app

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