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LANCIANOITALY, 750 A.D.
Eucharistic Miracle of
An inscription in marble fromthe 17th century describesthis Eucharistic miracle whichoccurred at Lanciano in 750at the Church of St. Francis.“A monastic priest doubtedwhether the Body of OurLord was truly present in theconsecrated Host. He celebratedMass and when he said thewords of consecration, he sawthe host turn into Flesh andthe wine turn into Blood.Everything was visible tothose in attendance. TheFlesh is still intact and theBlood is divided into fiveunequal parts which togetherhave the exact same weight as each one does separately.
n 1970, the Archbishop of Lanciano and the Provincial Superior of the ConventualFranciscans at Abruzzo, with Rome’s approval,
requested Dr. Edward Linoli, director of the hospital in Arezzo and professor of anatomy, histology, chemistry, and clinical microscopy, toperform a thorough scientific examination on therelics of the miracle which had occurred twelvecenturies earlier. On March 4, 1971, the professorpresented a detailed report of the various studiescarried out. Here are the basic results:1. The “miraculous Flesh" is authentic fleshconsisting of muscular striated tissue of the myocardium.2. The “miraculous Blood" is truly blood. Thechromatographic analysis indicated this with absolute and indisputable certainty.3. The immunological study shows with certi-
great interest in the scientific world. Also, in 1973,the chief Advisory Board of the World HealthOrganization appointed a scientific commission tocorroborate Linoli’s findings. Their work lasted 15months and included 500 tests. It was verified thatthe fragments taken from Lanciano could in noway be likened to embalmed tissue. As to thenature of the fragment of flesh, the commissiondeclared it to be living tissue because it respondedrapidly to all the clinical reactions distinctive ofliving beings. Their reply fully corroboratedProfessor Linoli’s conclusions. In the extract sum-marizing the scientific work of the MedicalCommission of the WHO and the UN, publishedin Dec. 1976 in New York and Geneva, declaredthat science, aware of its limits, has come to a halt,face to face with the impossibility of giving an explanation.
I tude that the flesh and the blood are human, andthe immuno – hematological test allows us toaffirm with complete objectivity and certitudethat both belong to the same blood type AB – thesame blood type as that of the man of the Shroudand the type most characteristic of MiddleEastern populations.4. The proteins contained in the blood havethe normal distribution, in the identical percen-tage as that of the serous-proteic chart for normalfresh blood.5. No histological dissection has revealed anytrace of salt infiltrations or preservative substancesused in antiquity for the purpose of embalming.Professor Linoli also discarded the hypothesis ofa hoax carried out in past centuries. This reportwas published in The Sclavo Notebooks inDiagnostics (Collection #3, 1971) and aroused
© 2006, Istituto San Clemente I Papa e Martire / Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association
Monstrance containingthe Holy Relics
Relic of the wine whichwas transformed into Blood
Painting located in the Valsecca chapel which depicts the miracle
Stone tablet from 1631which describes the miracle