the miracle of lanciano took place at the monastery of st. longinus.
when did the miracle of lanciano take place?
the monastery of st. longinus
the alleged miracle is usually described roughly as follows: in the city of lanciano, italy, then known as anxanum, some time in the 700s, a basilian hieromonk was assigned to celebrate mass at the monastery of st. longinus. celebrating in the roman rite and using unleavened bread, the monk had doubts about the catholic doctrine of transubstantiation. during the mass, when he said the words of consecration ("this is my body. this is my blood"), the priest saw the bread change into living flesh and the wine change into blood which coagulated into five globules, irregular and differing in shape and size. the alleged miracle was contemporaneously investigated and confirmed by the church, though no documents from this investigation are extant.
miracle of lanciano
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in catholicism, the miracle of lanciano is a eucharistic miracle which is alleged to have occurred in the eighth century in the city of lanciano, italy. according to tradition, a monk who had doubts about the real presence of christ in the eucharist found, when he said the words of consecration at mass, that the bread and wine changed into flesh and blood. the catholic church officially claims the miracle as authentic.





















































the story is similar to the tradition known as the mass of saint gregory, first recorded in the 8th century by paul the deacon.
miracle of lanciano