The epithet "Chrysostom" means "golden mouth" and identifies him as a powerful orator.
The Feast of Corpus Christi is one of the major public holidays for the city of Orvieto, during which the Corporal of Bolsena is paraded around the city with much fanfare.[2]. The "Miracle of Bolsena" is regarded by the Roman Catholic Church as a private revelation, meaning that Catholics are under no obligation to believe it although they may do so freely. All Right Reserved. BOLSENA MIRACLE HAMLET. in Philadelphia. He had a lively mind, a fertile imagination, a perfect sense of proportion, and an extraordinary depth of feeling. Venice, 1652, 59) and by Antoninus of Florence (Chronica, III, 19, xiii, 1), the latter, however, does not say (as the local legend claims) that the priest doubted the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, but, merely that a few drops from the chalice fell upon the corporal. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. He is described as being a pious priest, but one who found it difficult to believe that Christ was actually present in the consecrated Host. Every one of the ones we bring to you in the coming months has so deeply inspired future generations that he would qualify as father in spirit not only of Christian but of all human civilization. SPECIALLY RECOMMENDED: On the Priesthood, Address on Vainglory and the Right Way for Parents to Bring Up Their Children, Eucharistic Miracle of Bolsena, Italy, 1263. A German priest, Peter of Prague, stopped at Bolsena while on a pilgrimage to Rome. !yBn��-⎆'a)�Pc|]�1n�N�����(z�e\����4��8 ͚��z�{��ĵ�tVC(?)
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Among these are sermons on Genesis (67 homilies), on Matthew and John (178), and on St. Paul (250 homilies). The latter are considered the best commentaries on the Apostle of the Gentiles. Visit our store for great Catholic goods and travel guidebooks. It should be noted that the Cathedral also has some of the most magnificent frescoes to be found anywhere. And the Patristic Age is the period during which they lived. After a thorough fact-finding investigation the Pope ordered that the miraculous host and the linen altar cloth (Corporal) stained with blood be brought to Orvieto and placed on display. He wrote To Those Who Are Scandalized Because of Adversity and entitled one of his short books No One Is Injured Except by Himself. The Cathedral was originally planned as a residence for the Pope, but as history unfolded, the Papacy moved elsewhere and that helps explain why such a magnificent structure can be found in a town that historically has not had great significance. The linen bearing the spots of Blood is still reverently enshrined and exhibited in the Cathedral of Orvieto.
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For the rest, similar legends of the "blood-stained corporal" are quite frequent in the legend collections of even earlier date than the fourteenth century, and coincide with the great Eucharistic polemics of the ninth to the twelfth centuries. They, more than anyone else, need clear and unshakeable wisdom, patience that disarms pride, and exceptional prudence in dealing with souls.