Signa Eucharistica
Bolsena–Orvieto
- Category
- Eucharistic miracles
- When
- 1263
- Where
- Bolsena / Orvieto, Italy
- Feast
- Corpus Christi (feast instituted afterward)
- In the Church
- Eucharistic miracle · Papal response
Summary
Blood flows from a consecrated host during Mass, leading to the feast of Corpus Christi.
What Happened
A German priest, Peter of Prague, doubts the Real Presence while celebrating at Bolsena. The host bleeds onto the corporal. Pope Urban IV establishes the solemnity of Corpus Christi; St. Thomas Aquinas composes the liturgical texts.
Why It Matters
Linked to Eucharistic adoration and the annual procession honoring Christ truly present.