In 1380 the priest of Boxtel in the Dutch province of North Brabant, distracted during Mass, knocked over the chalice after consecration. The wine spilled across the corporal and ran onto the altar cloth — and was seen to coagulate into dark red blood, leaving permanent stains. The bishop of Liège confirmed the cult. In 1652, during the Reformation pressures, part of the bloodstained linen was translated to Hoogstraten in the southern (Catholic) Netherlands, where it remains. The annual procession continues at both sites.
1380 · Sint-Petruskerk, Boxtel, Netherlands
Status: approved holy see