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Veroli

In 1570, during Easter at the Church of St. Erasmus in Veroli, Italy, a Eucharistic miracle occurred when the child Jesus appeared in the exposed Host during a 40-hour public adoration. The event was documented by witnesses, including Giacomo Meloni, and the chalice used for the Blessed Sacrament is preserved in the church and commemorated annually. The miraculous Host was consumed after 112 years, and the event is celebrated with solemn ceremonies, including a Eucharistic Congress in 1970 for its 400th anniversary.

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Veroli

In 1570, during Easter at the Church of St. Erasmus in Veroli, Italy, a Eucharistic miracle occurred when the child Jesus appeared in the exposed Host during a 40-hour public adoration. The event was documented by witnesses, including Giacomo Meloni, and the chalice used for the Blessed Sacrament is preserved in the church and commemorated annually. The miraculous Host was consumed after 112 years, and the event is celebrated with solemn ceremonies, including a Eucharistic Congress in 1970 for its 400th anniversary.

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Eucharistic Miracle of

VEROLI
ITALY, 1570

During Easter of 1570,


in the Church of St. Erasmus
in Veroli, the Blessed Sacrament
was exposed (at the time,
the Blessed Sacrament was The document which records the sworn and written testimony of those
first placed in a round pyx witnesses who were present at the apparition

and then placed in a large


chalice, covered with a paten)
for the 40 hours of public
adoration. The child Jesus
Old print depicting the miracle
appeared in the exposed Host
and manifested many graces.
Today, the chalice where the
The commemorative tablet which recalls the miracle
Blessed Sacrament was
exposed is kept in the same
church of St. Erasmus and is
used once a year at the
The Church of St. Erasmus, The chalice and the paten
celebration of Mass on Veroli of the miracle

Easter Tuesday.

A
The chapel where the apparition occurred

t Easter in 1570, in the Church of St. Erasmus, Confraternity of Mercy (which predated both tion, similar to small angels, were seen around the
the consecrated Host, according to the the Confraternity of Corpus Christi and of our sacred host...". To this day, this
traditional rite at the time, was placed in Blessed Lady) vested in their black robes and miraculous event is commemorated with solemn
a round silver container (pyx) and placed in a kneeling in prayer. ceremony in the presence of the bishop.

The most authentic document about


burse like holder – this was later placed in a large
ceremonial silver chalice with its paten; the whole The chalice, its paten and the silver pyx where the
wrapped in an elegant silk cloth. this Eucharistic miracle was taken immediately Blessed Sacrament was exposed, have all been
by the chancery; it is preserved in the archives preserved and they remain with the relics/
It should be mentioned that at that time exposi- of the Church of St. Erasmus. The detailed reliquaries of the saints. The sacred species (the
tion of the Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance deposition and account of the miraculous event consecrated bread) of the miraculous Host of
was not a widespread practice even though the is given by a Giacomo Meloni who was among Veroli was consumed after 112 years.
Council of Cologne (1452) specifically referred the first witnesses. His testimony follows:
to the monstrance. "Raising my eyes towards the chalice, I saw a In 1970 on the occasion of the 4th centenary of
most brilliant star at the base of the chalice’s cup the miracle, the 3rd Eucharistic Congress of the
It was the custom for each civil confraternity to and above the star, the Blessed Sacrament in the Diocese of Veroli-Frosinone was celebrated. The
be present for an hour of adoration before the size of the host used by the priest at Mass. The adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place
exposed Blessed Sacrament. It was at one of these star was attached to the Blessed Sacrament (...). every first Friday of the month, with all other
hours of adoration which had the members of the The vision ended when small children in adora- churches being closed (...).

© 2006, Istituto San Clemente I Papa e Martire / The Real Presence Association, Inc.

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