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So Elmo was thrown into a pit of snakes and worms, and boiling oil and sulfur were poured on him but "he lay therein as he had lain in cold water, thanking and loving God." Then thunder and lightning came and fried everyone around, save Elmo.
Elmo may have become the patron of sailors because he is said to have continued to preach even after a thunderbolt struck the ground beside him.
Besides mariners, Elmo the patron saint of Gaeta, is invoked against colic in children, intestinal ailments and diseases, cramps and the pain of women in labor, as well as cattle pest.
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