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Eucharistic miracles

Accounts from many centuries and lands, in order of date. Each page says what is known, what is less certain, and what the Church has said. Our faith rests on Christ's own words, and not on these signs.

LancianoItaly · about the 8th century · long veneration, archbishops' inspections; Linoli's tests of 1970 to 1971FerraraItaly · 1171 · long veneration, a papal bull of 1442The Holy Corporals of DarocaSpain · 1239 · long veneration, jubilees from PopesSantarémPortugal · 13th century · long veneration and papal indulgences; no decree foundBolsena and OrvietoItaly · 1263 · long veneration, no formal judgment found; the corporal at OrvietoOffidaItaly · about 1273 · local veneration, papal documents disputedO CebreiroSpain · about the 14th century · long veneration on the road to SantiagoCasciaItaly · 1330 · long veneration, relic at the Basilica of St RitaAmsterdamNetherlands · 1345 · bishop's indulgence 1346, the Silent WalkThe Miracle of the Waters at AvignonFrance · 1433 · long veneration, no formal Roman judgment foundThe Holy Hosts of FaverneyFrance · 1608 · judged a miracle by the Archbishop of Besançon, 1608The Sacred Hosts of SienaItaly · 1730 · hosts said to remain unchanged; long veneration, no Holy See declaration foundChirattakonamKerala, India · 2001 · Syro-Malankara parish; no published Church judgment foundSokółkaPoland · 2008 · bishop's commission; Holy See has given no published judgmentLegnicaPoland · 2013 · bishop's statement 2016; veneration allowed; final Holy See text not published