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By a representation of the Metropolitan Council
The reliquary with an arm and a hand of Saint George that is kept in the Cathedral of Valencia has been taken today for the first time by the dean and several canons of the Seo chapter to the Alicante town of Banyeres de Mariola (Alicante), of the pattern.
The relic solemnly entered under a canopy to preside over the high mass at 11,30 and traveled in a solemn general procession to the 19,30 Hours the streets of the town, belonging to the archdiocese of Valencia, accompanied by the capitulars in choral costume.
The arm bone of Saint George is the most famous and documented relic of the saint and is kept in the Cathedral of Valencia as a donation from Queen Mary of Cyprus., Jaime II's wife of Aragon, To Pedro IV the ceremonious, in 1377, arriving in Valencia with the other relics of the kings of Aragon in the 15th century. Groups of Russian Orthodox Christians periodically make pilgrimages to Saint Valentine to venerate this relic with great fervor..
The transfer for this Sunday's party was requested to the Cathedral of Valencia by the Sant Jordi brotherhood, de Mariola, the only town that holds an exclusive party for a relic of Saint George, the one that was transferred in 1780 From Rome by the priest of the town Juan Bautista Doménech, Banyeres.
