El xiquet de l’hort

In order to talk about the Xiquet de l’Hort, we must first refer to the venerable Fra Josep Cots i Guillem, a native of Piles, who at the age of 22, after trying on different occasions to enter the religious life, managed to be admitted as a pretender to the Franciscan convent of Alcoi. He was a novitiate in the convent of Onda, where he carried out the task of awakening the community at morning prayers. At the age of 28 he moved to the convent of Franciscan Recollects