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Detail showing Raphael (centre facing) from the Mass at Bolsena. 1514; Fresco by Raphael

Detail showing Raphael (centre facing) from the Mass at Bolsena. 1514; Fresco by Raphael (1483-1520):Raffaello Sanzio. The Mass at Bolsena is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1512 and 1514 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Raphael Rooms, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The Mass at Bolsena depicts an Eucharistic miracle that is said to have taken place in 1263 at the church of Santa Cristina in Bolsena. A Bohemian priest who doubted the doctrine of transubstantiation, was celebrating mass at Bolsena, when the bread of the Eucharist began to bleed. The blood that spouted from the host and fell onto the tablecloth in the shape of a cross and he was reconverted. The following year, in 1264, Pope Urban IV instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi to celebrate this miraculous event.
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Title:
Detail showing Raphael (centre facing) from the Mass at Bolsena. 1514; Fresco by Raphael
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Detail showing Raphael (centre facing) from the Mass at Bolsena. 1514; Fresco by Raphael (1483-1520):Raffaello Sanzio. The Mass at Bolsena is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1512 and 1514 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Raphael Rooms, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The Mass at Bolsena depicts an Eucharistic miracle that is said to have taken place in 1263 at the church of Santa Cristina in Bolsena. A Bohemian priest who doubted the doctrine of transubstantiation, was celebrating mass at Bolsena, when the bread of the Eucharist began to bleed. The blood that spouted from the host and fell onto the tablecloth in the shape of a cross and he was reconverted. The following year, in 1264, Pope Urban IV instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi to celebrate this miraculous event.
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5603 x 3743 px | 60.0 MB
Print size:
47.4 x 31.7 cm | 18.7 x 12.5 in (300 dpi)
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