Croatia: the priest doubts about the Eucharist and the host begins to bleed

Eucharistic Miracle During Mass in Ludbreg Croatia in 1411.

A priest doubted that the Body and Blood of Christ were really present in the Eucharistic species. Immediately after it was consecrated, the wine turned into Blood. Even today, the precious relic of the Miraculous Blood attracts thousands of faithful, and every year at the beginning of September the “Sveta Nedilja - Holy Sunday” is celebrated for a whole week in honor of the Eucharistic miracle that took place in 1411.

In 1411 in Ludbreg, in the chapel of the castle of Count Batthyany, a priest celebrated mass, during the consecration of the wine, the priest doubted the truth of the transubstantiation and the wine in the chalice was transformed into blood. Not knowing what to do, the priest embedded this relic in the wall behind the high altar. The worker who did the work swore to keep quiet. The priest also kept it secret and revealed it only at the moment of his death. After the priest's revelation, the news spread quickly and people started coming on pilgrimage to Ludbreg. Subsequently, the Holy See had the relic of the miracle brought to Rome, where it remained for several years. The inhabitants of Ludbreg and the surrounding area, however, continued to make pilgrimages to the castle chapel.

At the beginning of 1500, during the pontificate of Pope Julius II, a commission was convened in Ludbreg to investigate the facts related to the Eucharistic miracle. Many people have testified that they received wonderful healings while praying in the presence of the relic. On April 14, 1513 Pope Leo X published a Bull that allowed to venerate the sacred relic that he himself had carried several times in procession through the streets of Rome. The relic was later returned to Croatia.

In the 15th century, northern Croatia was devastated by the plague. The people turned to God for his help and the Croatian parliament did the same. During the session held on December 1739, 1994 in the city of Varazdin, they swore to build a chapel in Ludbreg in honor of the miracle if the plague was over. The plague was averted, but the promised vote was kept only in 2005, when democracy was restored in Croatia. In 18 in the votive chapel, the artist Marijan Jakubin painted a large fresco of the Last Supper in which Croatian saints and blessed were drawn instead of the Apostles. St. John was replaced by Blessed Ivan Merz, who was included among the 2005 most important Eucharistic saints in the history of the Church during the Synod of Bishops held in Rome in XNUMX. In the painting,