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Miracolo Eucaristico di Trani,
Italia (sec. XI)
Italia (1000)
A non-Christian woman, incredulous about the true
Catholic dogma of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, aided
by some of her Christian friends, managed to steal a consecrated Host
during the celebration of a Sacred Mass. The woman, as if daring God,
put the consecrated Host into a frying pan of oil. Suddenly the Host
spilled out masses of blood, which poured to the floor and out of the
door of the house.
 To
this day in Trani, Puglia, the relic of this miracle, which happend
around the year one thousand, is housed in the Cathedral of Holy Mary
of the Assumption. There are numerous documents, which retell this miracle;
among them are Eucharistic monograms, which are on the ancient streets
of the city. Brother Bartolomeo Campi, describes in his work, “L'Inamorato
di Gesù Cristo” (1625), an accurate account of the unfolding
of the facts: “Pretending to be Christian, the woman received
Communion with the others… and took the consecrated Host from
her mouth and transferred It to a handkerchief. Once home she wanted
to experiment with whether or not It 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 ordered the return of the consecrated Host to the church. That same
Cistercian Abbot Ferdidando Ughelli (1670), in his well-known encyclopedic
work “Italia Sacra”, wrote in a notation of his seventh
volume: “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 lucky 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. Thanks to the generosity of
the nobleman Ottavian Campitelli, 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 donated by Fabrizio de Cunio. Throughout
various eras, many tests were performed on this sacred relic and verified,
the last one took place in 1924, at the Inter-diocesan Eucharistic Congress
headed by Monsignor Giuseppe Maria Leo.
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