Prolonging Holy Week, altars are raised in the streets and squares of Valencia commemorating the festival of San Vicente Ferrer, patron saint of the Community canonized by Pope Calixto III. It is customary to visit his birthplace converted into a chapel.
There is "El Pouet de Sant Vicent" (St. Vincent's Well), from which children are given a drink "so that they speak quickly, do not suffer from tonsillitis, do not swear falsely or be blasphemous."
Within this festival, groups of children represent, always in Valencian, prodigious events attributed to the Dominican saint, the so-called "miracles" (miracles). The representations take place in the fourteen altars that are built in the different neighborhoods of the city, always presided over by the image of the patron saint. The oldest altar that is set up dates back to 1561 and is installed every year next to the “Pouet de Sant Vicent”.
The festivities of San Vicente Ferrer begin the day before, with the transfer of the image of the saint to the different altars, where the representations of the "miracles" take place. On the day of the festival, mass is celebrated and the floral offering is made at the birthplace of San Vicente Ferrer, where the «Pouet de Sant Vicent» is located. In the afternoon a procession takes place that runs through the Cathedral neighborhood and the image is lowered from the altar.
