In 1568, stolen hostias miraculously manifested themselves within a closed chest, marked by a lily.
Documented history and memory received
Alcoy recalls the sacrilegious theft of 1568 and the recovery of forms, the origin of the devotion known as the Stolen Jesus and the church of the Holy Sepulchre. The diocesan historiography includes the episode among the Valencian Eucharistic memories. The details of light signals, wonders or indicative vegetation vary in late versions and are presented as tradition. The fact sheet emphasizes reparation and not punishment or promise.
Who venerates the memory
The look is directed to Jesus Christ and to the mystery of his Incarnation, Passion, Death, Resurrection or Reign. The image, relic, monument or custom does not act by its own power: it serves the memory of the Gospel and leads to prayer, sacraments, conversion and charity.
History, tradition and discernment
Eucharistic memory included in diocesan history; wonders as tradition. The tab retains the memory received without turning legend, witness or believing interpretation into a historically demonstrated fact.
Celebration and devotional life
Festivity or main time: without own liturgical date documented in the main source.
No automatic promise or prodigy guarantee is documented. Eucharistic veneration leads to mass, veneration, conversion, repair and charity.
Location on the map
The marker points to the Church of the Holy Sepulcro · Alcoy, Alicante (Spain). The coordinate was contrasted with open mapping and institutional identification of the place.
Main source
Archdiocese of Valencia. Contrast lettering with OpenStreetMap/Nominatim.
Para orar
Blessed and praised be the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
Image credit
Fachada of the monastery of the Holy Sepulchre of Alcoy, an exact place that preserves the memory of the Alcoyan Eucharistic tradition of 1568. This view replaces the previous thematic image of Nin, which did not represent Alcoy. Photo: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.