In 1430, a French woman purchased a monstrance which by mistake still contained Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. The lady decided to use a knife to remove the Host, which began dripping living blood that dried immediately. It left an imprinted the image of the Lord, seated on a semicircular throne with instruments of the Passion on either side. The Host remained intact for more than 350 years, until it was destroyed by French revolutionaries in 1794.
The lady, unsettled, went to Canon Anelon, who kept the Host. The event quickly became known to Pope Eugene IV, who desired to donate the miraculous Host to Duke Phillip of Borgogna, who in turn donated it to the city of Dijon.
We know with certainty that in 1794 the miraculous Host was still in the Basilica of Saint Michael the Archangel, but on February 9th of that year, the municipality of Dijon requisitioned the church to consecrate it as temple of the new sect “la Raison”, that is of the “godess of reason.” The miraculous Host was burned. Many surviving documents and works of art illustrate the miracle.
For example, one of the stained glass windows of the Cathedral of Dijon in which the main scene of the marvel is portrayed.
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