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Lanciano, Itália

The Miracle of Lanciano

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In about 750 a priest-monk who doubted the Real Presence saw the Host turn into flesh and the wine into blood as he spoke the words of consecration. The relics, the Flesh and the Blood coagulated into five unequal clots, are still kept in the church of St Francis; a scientific study in 1970–71 identified the Flesh as heart muscle tissue.

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Sanctuary of the Eucharistic Miracle (Church of San Francesco)

Endereço

Corso Roma, 66034 Lanciano, Itália

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Ferrara, Itália

The Miracle of Ferrara

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During Easter Mass blood spurted from the Host as it was broken and stained the vault above the altar. The marks can still be seen in a side chapel of the basilica.

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Basilica of Santa Maria in Vado

Endereço

Via Borgovado, 44121 Ferrara, Itália

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Augsburg, Alemanha

The Miraculous Good of Augsburg

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In 1194 a woman took a consecrated Host home and kept it sealed in wax. When she confessed five years later and the wax was opened, the Host had become bleeding Flesh. The bishop had it carried to the cathedral and then back to the Holy Cross convent, with a yearly commemoration; it is known as the Wunderbarliches Gut, the Miraculous Good.

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Church of the Holy Cross (Heilig Kreuz)

Endereço

Heilig-Kreuz-Straße, 86152 Augsburg, Alemanha

Foto: Alois Wüst · CC BY-SA 3.0

Daroca, Espanha

The Holy Corporals of Daroca

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In 1239, before a battle against the Moors at the castle of Chio (Luchente, Valencia), a priest hid six consecrated Hosts in a corporal during a surprise attack. After the victory he found the Hosts drenched in blood. A mule carrying the corporal stopped at Daroca, where it is still venerated in the collegiate basilica.

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Collegiate Basilica of Santa María de los Sagrados Corporales

Endereço

Plaza de España, 50360 Daroca, Espanha

Foto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0

Santarém, Portugal

The Holy Miracle of Santarém

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A jealous woman stole a consecrated Host for a sorceress who promised her a love potion; wrapped in a cloth, the Host began to bleed. The Host, preserved in a crystal reliquary, is still displayed in the Church of St Stephen, now the Shrine of the Holy Miracle.

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Church of the Holy Miracle

Endereço

Largo do Milagre, 2000-095 Santarém, Portugal

Foto: Arquidiocese de Braga · CC BY 3.0

Bolsena and Orvieto, Itália

The Miracle of Bolsena

Aprovada Reconhecido pela Igreja

A German priest troubled by doubt saw blood flow from the Host onto the corporal while celebrating Mass in Bolsena. Pope Urban IV, then in nearby Orvieto, instituted the feast of Corpus Christi the following year. The corporal is kept in Orvieto Cathedral.

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Orvieto Cathedral (and Basilica of Santa Cristina, Bolsena)

Endereço

Piazza del Duomo, 05018 Orvieto, Itália

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Offida, Itália

The Miracle of Offida

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In 1273 a woman of Lanciano named Ricciarella, advised by a witch, put a consecrated Host on the fire to make a love potion, and it turned into bleeding flesh. Seven years later she confessed to the Augustinian prior Giacomo Diotallevi, a native of Offida, who took the relics to his home town. They are kept in a gilded silver cross in the Sanctuary of Sant’Agostino.

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Sanctuary of Sant’Agostino

Endereço

Offida, Province of Ascoli Piceno, Itália

Foto: Cristiano Marchegiani · CC BY-SA 2.5

O Cebreiro, Espanha

The Miracle of O Cebreiro

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One snowy winter day around 1300 a farmer, Juan Santín, struggled through the storm to Mass while the priest scorned his effort, until the Host became flesh and the wine blood. Queen Isabella later had a crystal reliquary made, and the chalice, paten and relics are still kept in the church of Santa María la Real.

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Church of Santa María la Real

Endereço

O Cebreiro, 27671 Pedrafita do Cebreiro, Lugo, Espanha

Foto: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0

Walldürn, Alemanha

The Holy Blood of Walldürn

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A priest knocked over the chalice after consecration; the spilt wine formed on the corporal an image of the crucified Christ surrounded by eleven heads crowned with thorns. Walldürn has been a pilgrimage town ever since.

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Basilica of St George

Endereço

74731 Walldürn, Alemanha

Foto: Fritz Geller-Grimm supported by Rüdiger Wandke · CC BY-SA 3.0

Cascia, Itália

The Miracle of Cascia

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Near Siena in 1330, a priest carrying the Eucharist to a sick peasant carelessly placed the Host between the pages of his breviary. When he opened it, the Host had bled onto both pages. The relic was entrusted to the Augustinians of Cascia and is kept in the Basilica of St Rita.

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Basilica of St Rita of Cascia

Endereço

Piazza San Francesco, 06043 Cascia, Itália

Foto: LigaDue · CC BY-SA 4.0

Amsterdam, Países Baixos

The Miracle of Amsterdam

Aprovada Reconhecido pela Igreja

A dying man vomited the Viaticum he had received, and the Host was thrown into the fire — but was found the next morning unharmed in the flames. Every March thousands of pilgrims walk the Stille Omgang, a silent night procession through the city.

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Begijnhof Chapel (Stille Omgang)

Endereço

Begijnhof 30, 1012 WT Amsterdam, Países Baixos

Seefeld in Tirol, Áustria

The Miracle of Seefeld

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At the Holy Thursday Mass of 1384 the knight Oswald Milser demanded to receive a large Host like the priest’s. As he received it the floor gave way beneath him, and when the priest took the Host back blood began to flow from it. The Host is still kept in the parish church of St Oswald.

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Parish Church of St Oswald

Endereço

Kirchplatz, 6100 Seefeld in Tirol, Áustria

Foto: Jeff Croisé · CC BY-SA 3.0

Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Bélgica

The Holy Blood of Bois-Seigneur-Isaac

Aprovada Reconhecido pela Igreja

A priest found a fragment of a Host on the corporal and saw it begin to bleed; the blood spread over the cloth. The corporal was examined and approved by the bishop of Cambrai in 1413 and is venerated in the abbey.

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Abbey of Bois-Seigneur-Isaac

Endereço

1421 Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Bélgica

Foto: Grentidez · Domínio público

Ludbreg, Croácia

The Holy Blood of Ludbreg

Aprovada Reconhecido pela Igreja

A priest doubting the Real Presence saw the wine in the chalice turn into blood. Pope Leo X authorised veneration of the relic in 1513, and the Croatian parliament vowed in 1739 to build a chapel — a promise fulfilled only in 1994.

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Shrine of the Holy Blood of Jesus

Endereço

Trg sv. Trojstva, 42230 Ludbreg, Croácia

Foto: Fraxinus · CC BY-SA 3.0

Turin, Itália

The Miracle of Turin

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Thieves carried a monstrance with the Host stolen from a church in Exilles. When their mule fell in Turin the Host rose into the air, shining, until the bishop came and it descended into his chalice. The church of Corpus Domini stands on the spot.

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Basilica of Corpus Domini

Endereço

Piazza Corpus Domini, 10122 Turin, Itália

Foto: Franco56 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Faverney, França

The Miracle of Faverney

Aprovada Reconhecido pela Igreja

On the night of the vigil of Pentecost 1608 a fire destroyed the altar of the abbey church where the Blessed Sacrament was exposed, but the monstrance with two Hosts was found suspended in the air, unharmed. On 10 July 1608 the Archbishop of Besançon declared the miracle authentic; one of the two Hosts is still preserved.

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Basilica of Notre-Dame la Blanche

Endereço

70160 Faverney, França

Foto: Veit Feger · Domínio público

Siena, Itália

The Miracle of Siena

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About 350 consecrated Hosts were stolen from the Basilica of San Francesco on 14 August 1730 and found three days later in a collection box. The 223 that were never consumed have remained incorrupt for nearly three hundred years and have been examined many times.

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Basilica of San Francesco

Endereço

Piazza San Francesco, 53100 Siena, Itália

Foto: Gryffindor stitched by Marku1988 This image was created with Hugin. · CC BY-SA 3.0

Cúa, Venezuela

The Miracle of Betania

Aprovada Reconhecido pela Igreja

During Mass at the Marian shrine of Betania a Host began to bleed after the consecration. The bishop of Los Teques approved the event, and the Host is kept in the convent of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters in Los Teques.

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Convent of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters

Endereço

Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela

Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Miracle of Buenos Aires

Em estudo Investigado; sem decreto formal

In 1992, 1994 and 1996 consecrated Host fragments in the parish of Santa María showed a blood-like substance. On 15 August 1996 a Host that had fallen during Communion was placed in water and days later appeared transformed into flesh and blood. Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, had samples scientifically analysed from 1999.

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Parish of Santa María

Endereço

Av. La Plata 286, C1235 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Chirattakonam, Índia

The Miracle of Chirattakonam

Em estudo Investigado; sem decreto formal

During adoration in the parish church of St Mary on 28 April 2001, three dots appeared on the exposed Host; on 5 May the likeness of a man’s face, like that of Christ crowned with thorns, could be seen in it and was photographed. Archbishop Cyril Mar Baselios of Trivandrum wrote of it as a sign that calls for a response; the monstrance with the Host is kept in the church.

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Church of St Mary, Chirattakonam

Endereço

Chirattakonam, Kottarakkara, Kollam, Kerala, Índia

Tixtla, México

The Miracle of Tixtla

Aprovada Reconhecido pela Igreja

On 21 October 2006 a reddish substance appeared on a consecrated Host during a Mass in Tixtla. After scientific studies between 2009 and 2012, Bishop Alejo Zavala Castro of Chilpancingo-Chilapa announced in October 2013 that the event has no natural explanation.

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Parish of San Martín de Tours

Endereço

Tixtla de Guerrero, Guerrero, México

Sokółka, Polônia

The Miracle of Sokółka

Aprovada Reconhecido pela Igreja

A dropped Host was placed in water to dissolve; days later a red clot appeared on it. Two university pathologists independently found tissue resembling heart muscle. The archbishop of Białystok recognised the event as a sign in 2009.

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Church of St Anthony of Padua

Endereço

16-100 Sokółka, Polônia

Foto: Piotr Widerski · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

Legnica, Polônia

The Miracle of Legnica

Aprovada Reconhecido pela Igreja

On Christmas Day 2013 a dropped Host developed red stains after being placed in water. Forensic study described fragments of heart muscle tissue, and the bishop of Legnica recognised the miracle in 2016.

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Sanctuary of St Hyacinth

Endereço

Legnica, Polônia

Foto: Marek Śliwecki · CC BY-SA 4.0