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FESTIVIDAD OF SAINT VINCENT FERRER
31st March 2008
Easter has its extension with the St. Vincent Ferrer, the patron saint of the Commonwealth. Even for Spain, Valencia has a lot of festivals though this seems a particularly worthy one. It is customary to visit his house in Chapel converted Natal, where "The Pouet Sant Vicent" which is given to children to drink "to be able to converse whilst young, so as not to suffer from angina, not to lie nor are blasphemous."

Within the festival, children orphaned represent the "Miracles" in the thirteen Altars are being lifted in the various neighbourhoods emblematic of the city  provided by the image of the pattern.

The Altar or Cadafal oldest of them dating back to 1561 are mounted and installed each year Pouet next to St. Vincent.

The day of Saint Vincent Ferrer or second Easter Monday, as he was also called, is not a provincial, as in some localities of the province is a day job completely. PROGRAMMING
MONDAY MARCH 31
At dawn, and Classical Despertį Flip General Bells.

At 10:30 hrs.
Solemn Pontifical at the Cathedral Church

At 12:30 hrs.
Starting from the Main Gate of the City of Valencia, Civic Procession of the Holy Offering Floral, in the House and later Natalicia Act Square Tetuan.

To conclude, Interpretation of Hymns and Triggering of Greater Mascletį.

At 19:00 hrs.
Procession General to depart from the Church Cathedral, making the journey usual.
 

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Fiesta de San Vicente de Ferrer
A week after Easter, the people of the Autonomous Region of Valencia pay homage to their patron saint, San Vicente de Ferrer. In the centre of Valencia itself, children perform plays depicting his miracles.
San Vicente was born in Valencia in 1350 and died in Vannes in 1419. He was a theologian and preacher, and also an important political figure. Eventually he became a missionary, travelling around Europe, preaching several times a day to crowds of 10,000, working miracles, frequently fasting and sleeping on the floor.
On the saint's feast day, it is customary to visit his old home, now converted into a chapel. Here children drink from the Pouet de Sant Vicent in order that they "begin to speak at an early age, do not suffer from tonsilitis, do not commit perjury and should never be blasphemous".
Valencia Tourism & Convention Bureau
Number +34 963 606 353
Second Number +34 963 390 390
Fax +34 963 606 43
Email turisvalencia@turisvalencia.es
 

Tourist Office
Name Valencia Municipal Tourist Office
Address Plaza del Ayuntamiento, 1, 46002 Valencia, Spain
Phone +34 963 51 04 17
Fax +34 963 52 58 12
Email touristinfo.aytovalencia@turisme.
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