To this day in Trani, Puglia, the relic of this miracle is housed in the Cathedral of Holy Mary of the Assumption. There are numerous documents which retell this miracle. Brother Bartolomeo Campi describes in his work, “L’Inamorato di Gesù Cristo” (1625), an accurate account: “Pretending to be Christian, the woman received Communion with the others… and took the consecrated Host from her mouth and transferred the Holy Eucharist to a handkerchief. Once home she wanted to experiment with whether or not the Blessed Sacrament was bread and put the consecrated Host into a heated frying pan filled with oil. Upon contact with the boiling oil, the consecrated Host miraculously became Bloody Flesh and a hemorrhage, so to speak, would not stop flowing and went from the pan all over the cursed woman and her house. Terrorized, the woman began to scream… and the neighbors ran over to find out the reasons behind her cries…”.
The archbishop was immediately informed of the events and he ordered the return of the consecrated Host to the church. Cistercian Abbot Ferdinando Ughelli (1670), in his well-known encyclopedic work “Italia Sacra”, wrote: “In Trani a sacred Host was fried to the dismay of our Faith…, the true Flesh and Blood of Christ was unveiled in the unleavened Bread which fell to the ground”. An indirect confirmation to this miracle is also found in the affirmation of St. Pio from Pietreclina, which exclaimed: “Trani is fortunate to have been bathed by the Blood of Christ twice”, the first reference being to this miracle and the later to the miracle of the Colonna Crucifix from which an abundant stream of blood flowed from Jesus’ nose. The house of the woman was converted into a chapel in 1706. In 1616 the relic of the Host was transferred to an antique silver shrine. Throughout various eras, many tests were performed on this sacred relic and verified, the last one took place in 1924.
“Eucharistic Miracle of Trani, Italy – 11th Century.” Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association, 2006. http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/english_pdf/Trani.pdf
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