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Key information
Relic of Saint Vincent, Martyr
In the reliquary
Incorrupt arm
Left arm of Saint Vincent Martyr, deacon of Saragossa.
Centre of the Chapel
Reliquary
It is made of silver-plated bronze by Giancarlo Fecchio in Padua.
Reliquary, made of bronze.
History
Saint Vincent Martyr was martyred in Valencia around the year 304.
His cult became known quickly in the Universal Church and he was considered as “the most representative Saint of Spain”.
His sepulchral basilica, located outside the city of Valencia, was widely visited; but, during the Muslim domination of Spain, the sacred relics of the Saint disappeared, they were hidden or dispersed.
Saint Vincent Martyr, Master of Alcira.
Around the year 1104, the then Bishop of Valencia went on a pilgrimage to Holy Land and brought along the left arm of our Patron Saint.
Death unexpectedly occurred to said prelate in Bari (Italy), and his human remains stayed there, as everything which was in his luggage.
Mr. Pedro Zampieri, from Vigonovo (Venice), brought the arm of Saint Vincent back to Valencia and, as the last holder of it, gave it, along with the artistic reliquary that contains it, to this Holy Cathedral, in 1970.
Related
Chapel of Saint Vincent Martyr
