Private Tour from Rome: Eucharistic Miracle & Holy Face

Highlights

• Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano
• Shrine of the Holy Face
• Included Services

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Rome

   Pass by

   Rome represents the starting point but also the end of the tour , because there will be 2 hours of driving time to get in Lanciano, and then 2 hours to come back from Manoppello to your accommodation

2. 2

   Santuario Del Miracolo Eucaristico

   2h

   The town of Lanciano is above all a cradle of art for the presence of numerous monuments, starting from the sanctuary of the Eucharistic Miracle which preserves the testimony of the oldest Eucharistic miracle of the Catholic world. Around the year 700, in the ancient church of San Legonziano, a Basilian monk expressed doubts about the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. During mass, the consecrated host and wine really turned into flesh and blood. The relics are kept in a monstrance that is admired by thousands of faithful.

3. 3

   Santuario del Volto Santo

   2h

   Inside the Shrine of Manoppello is enclosed, in a case, what is recognized as the true Face of Jesus Christ. A legend tells that in 1506 a pilgrim presented himself to the physicist Giacomo Antonio Leonelli and gave him the precious gift. The veil remained in the Leonelli house until 1608, then was stolen by a soldier of fortune and sold to Donatantonio De Fabritiis and from these donated to the Capuchin Father Clemente da Castelvecchio, who placed the relic between two glasses with a walnut frame. From 1646 the Holy Face is exposed to the veneration of the people. It is a soft veil, the warp and the weft are intertwined in the form of a normal weaving. The cloth measures 17 x 24 cm and shows the image of a male face with long hair and a beard divided into bands; it is the only case in the world where the image is identically visible on both sides.

Before you go

Location

Italy