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Eucharistic Miracle of Bolsena (relic in Orvieto)
Bolsena and Orvieto, Italy · 1263-1264
What is there
The corporal, the linen cloth from the miracle, is kept in the Cappella del Corporale of Orvieto Cathedral.
What the Church did
Pope Urban IV had the corporal brought to Orvieto. The next year, in 1264, he instituted the feast of Corpus Christi with the bull Transiturus.
According to tradition, in 1263 drops of blood fell from the host onto the corporal while a priest from Bohemia was saying Mass at Bolsena.
The Basilica of Santa Cristina in Bolsena, where the miracle took place, dates the bull Transiturus to August 11, 1264.
Visiting
- Location
- Bolsena and Orvieto, Italy
- Hours
- Check hours with the shrine. Official site
- Address
- See the official site.
- Official site
- duomodiorvieto.it
- Exhibit panel
- The Eucharistic Miracles of the World
Trips that stop here
None of the listed departures stop here yet.
The summary above is our own. The exhibit panel by St. Carlo Acutis is linked for the full account.
Sources
- duomodiorvieto.it duomo-di-orvieto/la-cappella-del-corporale
- basilicasantacristina.it il-miracolo-eucaristico-di-bolsena
- The Eucharistic Miracles of the World, exhibit by St. Carlo Acutis miracolieucaristici.org
Checked October 19, 2026.