The Mass at Bolsena

The Mass at Bolsena

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image_size=450px
title=The Mass at Bolsena
artist=Raphael
year=1512
type=Fresco
height=?
width=660
city=Vatican City
museum=Apostolic Palace

"The Mass at Bolsena" is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted in 1514 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. It is located in the "Stanza di Eliodoro", which is named after "The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple".

"The Mass at Bolsena" shows an incident that is said to have taken place in 1263. A Bohemian priest who doubted the doctrine of transubstantiation, celebrated mass at Bolsena, where the bread of the eucharist began to bleed. The following year, in 1264, Pope Urban IV instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi to celebrate this miraculous event.

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