In 1294 a lavender from Gruaro found that a body that was washing had blood from a consecrated particle forgotten in it; the relic was venerated in Valvasone.
Documented history and memory received
Gruaro and Valvasone share a tradition in 1294: during the washing of liturgical clothes, a body would have shown red signs. The custody ended in Valvasone, where the canvas is preserved and there is a local party. Patriarchal documents and the continuity of veneration support devotional history; the nature of the stain and the details of the river are received as tradition. The fact sheet does not turn the medieval custody dispute into a scientific guarantee.
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
Custody and local party; signs of the body according to 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: Second Sunday after Easter (Valvasone).
No automatic promise or prodigy guarantee is documented. Veneration leads to Christ, the Eucharist, conversion, reparation, unity and charity.
Location on the map
The marker points to Church of the Most Holy Body of Christ · Valvasone (Italy). The coordinate was contrasted with open mapping and institutional identification of the place.
Main source
Diocese of Concordia- Pordenone. Contrast lettering with OpenStreetMap/Nominatim.
Para orar
Praise and bless be the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar at all times.
Image credit
Fachada of the church of the Most Holy Body of Christ of Valvasone, an exact place where the body associated with the tradition shared with Gruaro is preserved. The image documents the temple and replaces the previous thematic crucifix, which did not represent Valvasone. Photo: Tiesse, public domain, Wikimedia Commons.