Timeline of the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano

According to tradition, a Basilian monk in the church of San Legonziano sees host and wine change into flesh and blood.

After Basilians and Benedictines, the Conventual Franciscans take charge of the church and the relics.

Today's church of San Francesco rises above the old one. The relics receive a chapel of their own.

Fearing raids along the Adriatic coast, the friars temporarily wall up the relics.

Archbishop Rodriguez has the relics examined in public. The report about the unusual weight of the blood clots dates from this year.

A manuscript describes the miracle in detail. In 1636 the relics are moved to the Valsecca chapel, and a stone inscription records the event.

The silver monstrance with its crystal chalice is made; the relics are still shown in it today.

When the clots are weighed, the claim of 1574 cannot be confirmed. Total weight: 15.85 grams.

The relics are transferred to the marble structure behind the high altar.

After the suppression of 1809 the friars come back to the friary.

Pathologist Odoardo Linoli takes samples on 18 November 1970 and presents his results on 4 March 1971: heart muscle tissue and human blood of group AB.

The Archbishop of Kraków, later Pope John Paul II, visits the shrine on 3 November.

Linoli re-examines the tissue samples and confirms his histological findings.