Miracle of Transubstantiation at Bolsena

            ... a closer look at the central figures on the Mass at Bolsena fresco in the Stanza di Eliodoro; by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, circa 1512-1514.

In 1263, during the celebration of Holy Communion/Eucharist by a priest who had doubts about the doctrine of transubstantiation, the communion bread began to 'bleed', staining the altar cloth. This event has been remembered annually since as the Feast of Corpus Christi.  The Corporal of Bolsena, the piece of stained cloth, is still venerated and is kept in a chapel in the Duomo in Orvieto. *   

Pope Julius II is included kneeling to the right of the altar, as symbolically witnessing the miracle. 

The "Miracle of Bolsena" is one of the traditional beliefs that is considered to be a private revelation by the Roman Catholic Church.  Catholics are free to believe in the miracle, but there is no obligation to do so.

Room of Heliodorus, Musei Vaticani; July 2019

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Taken on: July 25, 2019

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