What happened
At Pentecost in 1608, monks at Faverney left the Blessed Sacrament exposed overnight. By morning a fire had destroyed the altar and everything around it — yet the monstrance holding the hosts was found suspended, unharmed, in the air above the ruins.
It remained there, witnessed by crowds, for some thirty-three hours before settling onto a new altar. A canonical process followed; the Archbishop of Besançon declared it authentic on 10 July 1608, and Pope Paul V granted a Bull of Indulgence. One of the hosts is venerated still.
Where it stands
Declared authentic by the Archbishop of Besançon (1608); a Bull of Indulgence granted by Pope Paul V.
Church recognition is a judgment about devotion — not a claim of scientific proof. We keep the two distinct.
Visit it
Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Blanche, Faverney, France
View on Google Maps →“I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
John 6:51
Sources
- International Exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles (St. Carlo Acutis) Devotional source
The bigger picture
This case is one witness in a much longer story — the Catholic teaching that Christ is truly, substantially present in the Eucharist.