Eucharistic Miracle of
FIECHT
AUSTRIA, 1310
The little village of
St. Georgenberg-Fiecht, in the
Inn Valley, is very well known,
especially for a Eucharistic
miracle that took place there
in 1310. During the Mass,
the priest was seized with Silver and gold monstrance from
The ancient monastery of
St. Georgenberg developed in two
complexes, one on the mountain
temptations regarding the 1719 in which the precious blood
of the miracle is preserved and the other in the valley
Real Presence of Jesus in the
consecrated elements. Right
after the consecration, the wine
changed into blood and began
to boil and overflow the chalice.
In 1480, after 170 years,
the sacred blood was “still fresh
A painting depicting
as if it had come out of a the miracle
wound,” wrote the chronicler of
those days. It is preserved intact
to this day and is contained in
N
the reliquary in the Monastery
of St. Georgenberg.
Interior of the church
ear the side altar of the monastery church was wiped. As soon as news of this miraculous A second documentary tablet recounts how the
there is a documentary tablet that says: event began to spread, more and more pilgrims relic of the Holy Blood helped preserve the
“In the year of grace 1310, under Abbot began to arrive to adore the sacred Blood. So Catholic faith during the Protestant schism:
Rupert, a priest was celebrating Holy Mass in this great was the number of the devotees of the “When, in 1593, the teachings of Luther were
church dedicated to the holy martyr George and Holy Blood that in 1472 Bishop Georg von spreading everywhere in Tyrol, the monks of St.
the Holy Apostle James. After consecrating the Brixen sent the abbot of Wilten, Joahannes Lösch, Georgenberg were asked to preach the faith eve-
wine, he was seized with a doubt as to whether and the pastors, Sigmund Thaur and Kaspar of rywhere. Abbot Michael Geisser was preaching
the Blood of Christ was really present under the Absam, to better study the phenomenon. with great success before a large crowd in the
species of wine. Suddenly the wine changed into parish church of Schwaz and did not
red blood that began to boil in the chalice and As a result of this investigation, the adoration of hesitate to recall the Holy Miracle of the Blood as
overflow it. The abbot and his monks, who the Blessed Blood was encouraged and the proof of the existence of the Real Presence of
happened to be in the choir, and the numerous miracle was declared authentic. Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.
Among the devotees were important
pilgrims who were present at the celebration, He was disputing in such a convincing way that
approached the altar and realized what had the adversaries were obliged to leave the scene.
happened. The priest, terrified, was unable to Church personalities, like John, Bishop of Trieste ; This total victory against the false teaching was
drink all the Holy Blood, and so the abbot placed George, Bishop of Brixen ; Rupert, Archbishop regarded by the believers as a special grace the
the remainder in a vessel in the tabernacle of the of Cologne and Duke of Bavaria ; Frederick, Lord was granting his faithful, the adorers of the
main altar near the cloth with which the chalice Bishop of Chiemsee.” precious blood.”
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