ence ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Blood ▁and ▁support ▁and ▁maintain ▁the ▁" Bl utf re it ag " ▁trad itions . ▁ ▁Origin ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁legend , ▁the ▁Rel ic ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Blood ▁in ▁We ing arten ▁contains ▁the ▁blood ▁of ▁Jesus ▁of ▁Naz are th , ▁who ▁was ▁cru c ified ▁in ▁ 3 0 ▁or ▁ 3 1 ▁AD ▁on ▁the ▁hill ▁Gol g oth a . ▁A ▁Roman ▁leg ion naire , ▁later ▁known ▁as ▁Long inus , ▁pushed ▁his ▁lance ▁deep ▁into ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁cru c ified ▁to ▁make ▁sure ▁he ▁was ▁dead . ▁ ▁The ▁blood ▁of ▁Jesus ▁Christ ▁dri pped ▁on ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁the ▁leg ion naire ▁and ▁en light ened ▁him ; ▁this ▁was , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁legend , ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁mi rac ul ous ▁he aling ▁force ▁of ▁the ▁blood ▁of ▁Jesus . ▁Long inus ▁collected ▁some ▁dro ps ▁of ▁the ▁blood , ▁mixed ▁them ▁with ▁the ▁soil ▁of ▁Gol g oth a ▁and ▁stored ▁them ▁in ▁a ▁lead ▁box . ▁After ▁being ▁bapt ized ▁by ▁the ▁Apost les , ▁he ▁left ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁tra ve led ▁on ▁a ▁ship ▁to ▁the ▁Italian ▁Mant ua ▁where ▁he ▁pre ached ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁was ▁consequ ently ▁pro sec uted . ▁In ▁hard ship ▁and ▁dist ress , ▁he ▁hid ▁the ▁c asket ▁and ▁died ▁as ▁a ▁Mart yr ▁later ▁on . ▁One ▁day ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁hiding ▁was ▁revealed ▁to ▁the ▁blind ▁Ad il bero , ▁and ▁the ▁news