• Santuario del Miracolo Eucaristico - 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.
• Santuario del Volto Santo - 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 from Castelvecchio 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. No residues or pigments of color can be found. At the end of the seventies the Trappist nun Blandina Paschalis Schloemer, an expert iconographer, discovered that the Face of the Shroud of Turin and that of Manoppello

• Entrance to the Sanctuary of the Eucaristic Miracle in Lanciano
• Entrance to the Sanctuary of the Holy Face in Manoppello
• Pick-up and drop off with luxury transportation and private chauffeur
• Private English-speaking tour escort at your disposal
• Lunch

• Gratuities (optional)

St. Francis Church is home to the earliest recorded Eucharistic miracle in Catholic history. Around the year 700, a Basilian monk questioned Christ’s presence in the Eucharist and during a mass, the blessed bread and wine transformed into flesh and blood. A silver monstrance and a crystal vial preserve the two relics: five drops of solidified blood and thin flesh membranes. Histological analyses confirmed human blood and cardiac tissue with a blood type of AB. Every year, thousands of global pilgrims journey to the holy site. The Manoppello Shrine is widely accepted as the genuine visage of Jesus Christ. The Holy Face has been revered by people since 1646. It’s a gentle veil where the threads intersect normally, the face on the Shroud of Turin and Manoppello are both believed to have been placed on Jesus’s body.

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