First-class relic of St. Vincent Ferrer

First-class relic of St. Vincent Ferrer

The St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Church holds a first-class relic of St. Vincent Ferrer.

Contained in an elaborate reliquarium, the relic is a tiny piece of bone of the winged saint called "angel of the apocalypse" credited for bilocation and miraculous cures, among other intercessory acts.

Ferrer was actually a Dominican priest from Valencia, Spain.

In the past, this relic was placed at the high altar (?), so during masses, a stream of devotees would pay him homage by climbing a wooden (?) staircase just to be able to whisper their prayer to the saint, but this also visibly disrupted the mass or caused a distraction to the mass-goers. For this reason, it was eventually transferred to this prayer room.