El Via Crucis, el Cos de Portants i les Romeries

Synopsis of El Via Crucis, el Cos de Portants i les Romeries

«El Via Crucis, el Cos de Portants i les Romeries» is a historical-religious essay by Joan Ventura i Maynou and Vicenç Vilà i Armadans, in paperback.

The book gathers the history of the Cos de Portants of the parish of Sant Vicenç de Mollet del Vallès and reviews the pilgrimages in which it takes part. Its scope covers the 20th and 21st centuries and shows the evolution of these traditions, between the devotion of the Via Crucis and the festive and community dimension of local celebrations.

It has 154 pages and is in Catalan; it was published on December 24, 2016 by the Parròquia Sant Vicenç de Mollet del Vallès.

For readers interested in popular religiosity, local history and festive traditions of Catalonia.