In 1251, a host hidden on the front of an image of Christ became flesh, venerated as the Most Holy Mystery.
Documented history and memory received
The Romanesque sculptural ensemble of the Descencia of Sant Joan de les Abadesses, known as Santíssim Misteri, was realized in the 13th century. Tradition maintains that a consecrated form was placed in a cavity of Christ's head and that at the opening of centuries later it was altered. The size, its worship and the heritage of the monastery are documented; the supposed transformation and conservation belong to tradition. The image does not receive its own power or replace the Eucharistic celebration.
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
Romanesque ensemble and heritage cult; transformation and incorruptibility 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 Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses · Girona (Spain). The coordinate was contrasted with open mapping and institutional identification of the place.
Main source
Ayuntamiento de Sant Joan de les Abadesses. Contrast lettering with OpenStreetMap/Nominatim.
Para orar
I adore you, O Christ, present and live in your Body and your Blood.
Image credit
The Romanesque sculptural group of the Santissim Misteri, preserved in the monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses and linked to the Eucharistic tradition of the fiche. This photograph replaces the previous theme image of Naples. Photo: Gennadii Sus i Segura, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.