The cradle of the ancestors of Don Gaspar de Osma y Tricio was the place denominated Osma del Duero, where it is placed the Burgo de Osma (Town of
Osma). Its first prelate after the Reconquer was the French monk Pedro de Vituris who, by the year 1090, ordered to construct at the other border of the Ucero river, in the district named El Burgo, a primitive cathedral church that later was reconstructed by the Knight of the Señorio del Duero de Osma who turn it into the second more important cathedral of Spain. This Pedro de Vituris was whom later was called Pedro de Osma, the same man that was sanctified like San Pedro de Osma. The tomb of San Pedro de Osma is at this moment in the center of the old capitulate Room of the Cathedral of Burgo de Osma. The tomb is magnificent and it takes polycromatic frieze with the history of the first encounter between the lord of Osma and the Bishop Pedro.
In all the times, the ecclesiastics goods have excited the greed of secular powers. The church of Osma certainly wasn't very rich in temporal possessions; nevertheless, the little that it had was coveted by the one that ruled the place (of the Señorio), a brutal knith that had more of Moor than of Christian and who, not sattisfied with having despoiled the Church and the bishop, he imposed, in addition, great tributes to the faithfuls. At first San Pedro did to hear its voice with sweetness; he requested to give back the patrimony of the poor men and to stop tormenting his flock.The knight responded with an arrogant refusal. The bishop, rightly indignant, sent to the culprit the rays of the Church and separated him from the faithfuls communion. Just to know what he called the boldness of Pedro, the thief was upset, "I will drink the blood of the traitor" said ferocious in his language.
Nevertheless, to attack the saint in the Burgo, in the middle of his people that loved him tenderly, seemed to him too much bold. He preferred to wait one circumstance that gave him into his hands without defense and the occasion did not take long in appearing. One day the knight knew that the saint left the episcopal city in order to start a visit to his diocese, and went to stay in the way, near the town of San Esteban de Gormaz, waiting to behead his victim. The courtship of the saint was already near and the assassin prepared himself to commit his sacrilegious crime, when suddenly he was undertaken by acute pains; he fell to the ground and wallowed in the dust with convulsive movements. The demon had empowered of the wretch. His men of arms surrounded him, shouting him desperately. The bishop listened to their shouts and went to him and recognized in whom was twisted to his feet his enemy. Without showing any emotion the pious shepherd kneeled himself, prayed by the unfortunate and he raised him cured of the body and the soul. Since then the goods of the Church didn't have a defender more intrepid than the Señor de Osma (Mr. of Osma). |
