So, yesterday we were talking about our favorite guy, Santo Domingo de la Calzada or Saint Dominic Ultimate Roadhead. And we talked about how he did improvements on the physical Camino. But he also helped out the pilgrims personally as in the Miracle of the Cock and the Hen and others.
There was a young German man doing the pilgrimage with his parents. Somehow he became involved with a young local gal that he ultimately turned down. She was not happy about his decision and framed him with a serious crime. Poor Hugonell was sentenced to death. Our dear Roadhead went to his rescue by going to plead before the magistrate who was unfortunately in the middle of his chicken dinner. Not happy with the interruption he roared at Dominic, “If that young man is innocent, these roast birds will rise from the platter and crow! ” The rooster on one platter jumped up and crowed and a hen on another rose and clucked! So, young Hugonell was released and on his way. So even today descendants of the original birds live in a coupe in the church in Santo Domingo.
There is an artistic image that appears at the church of a dog carrying a human hand in its mouth reminding us of another miracle done by our guy. Two men were dueling and in the fight one lost has hand and the dog brought it to Dominic and he reattached it. Pretty cool.
Quite the story about a guy that started out from humble beginnings with no education. What does it take to be helpful in this world of ours? For sure we
can’t say that there is nothing for us to do because we don ‘t have the fancy training.

Yup.