Saint Torello

When Torello was still young, his father died and left him lots of money. Torello didn’t make very good decisions with that money and he made some bad friends who were lazy and didn’t work. One day while Torello was playing sports with his friends a rooster flew down, landed on Torello’s arm, and crowed loudly 3 times. This reminded Torello of when St. Peter (one of Jesus’ Apostles) denied Jesus and the rooster crowed 3 times. Torello did not want to make that mistake and he decided to change how he was living. After spending 8 days alone praying near a big tree, he decided to become a hermit (to spend his time all alone with Jesus). He sold everything he had, keeping only enough money to buy the land where the tree was that he prayed under. He built a little shack and spent the rest of his life there praying and doing penance. He lived this way until he died at 80 years old.