SEEFELD

AUSTRIA, 1384

Eucharistic Miracle of

The little city of Seefeld

is the goal of many

pilgrimages because of the

Eucharistic miracle that

took place there in 1384.

During the Holy Thursday

Mass a nobleman by the

name of Oswald Milser,

expected that the priest

would give him Communion

with the large Host. At the

moment he was about to

receive Communion, the

pavement began to tremble

under him, and Oswald

felt as if he was being sucked

into it. As the priest was

returning the Host to the

altar, live blood began

to flow from it.

n the little city of Seefeld, Oswald Milser,

Lord of Schlosberg, expected, at the Holy

Thursday Mass, to receive the large Host

like that of the celebrating priest. But at the

moment he was about to receive Communion,

the pavement began to tremble and broke apart.

Oswald grasped the altar so as not to fall, and the

priest immediately took back the Host from the

man’s mouth. The trembling stopped, and live

blood began dripping from the Host. There were

many witnesses who saw the miracle, and very

soon the news spread throughout the whole

nation. The Emperor Maximilian I himself was

very devoted to it. Today one can visit the

Church of St. Oswald where the precious relic of

the Host, stained with blood, is exposed, and also

view many paintings depicting the miracle.

Church of St. Oswald

Main altar of the Church of St. Oswald, Seefeld

Ancient painting

of the miracle

Altar of the miracle

Frescoes of the church

depicting the miracle

Painting of the Miracle

of Seefeld, preserved in the

Elsbethenkapelle ad Hopfgarten

Elsbethenkapelle ad Hopfgarten

in the Brixen area of Tyrol,

built in 1494 by the pastor

Bartholorndus Hamersbach

Representation of the Miracle

of Seefeld. Detail of the Gothic

gable, Church of St. Oswald

(1470)

© 2006, Istituto San Clemente I Papa e Martire / The Real Presence Association, Inc.

Banner in the Church of St. Oswald depicting

the scene of the miracle

Miracle of Seefeld. Detail of the ceiling

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