Austria · 14th Century
Fiecht
In the village of St. Georgenberg-Fiecht in the Inn Valley during Mass in 1310, the priest was seized with temptations regarding the Real Presence of Jesus in the consecrated species. Right after the consecration, the wine changed into Blood and began to boil and overflow the chalice. In 1480, after 170 years, the Sacred Blood was 'still fresh as though coming out of a wound,' wrote the chronicler of those days. The Precious Blood is preserved intact to this day and is contained in a silver and gold monstrance from 1710 in the reliquary at the Monastery of St. Georgenberg. The miracle helped preserve Catholic faith during the Protestant schism, and Abbot Michael Geisser preached successfully about the miracle. The number of services of the Holy Blood increased to 1,472 under Bishop Georg von Brixen. The church was dedicated to the holy martyr George and the holy apostle James.
Scientific analysis
The Sacred Blood remained fresh for at least 170 years as documented by chroniclers of the time, with no signs of decay or corruption. This extraordinary preservation was noted in chronicle records from 1480.
The Precious Blood is preserved intact and contained in a silver and gold monstrance from 1710 in the reliquary at the Monastery of St. Georgenberg.
Church recognition
Formal Church documentation has not been located for this event. This means we cannot verify its ecclesial recognition status. The absence of documentation neither confirms nor calls into question the event's authenticity — it simply means the formal record has not been found.
The miracle is documented through multiple historical sources: a documentary tablet from 1310, chronicle records from 1480 noting the blood remained fresh after 170 years, and a documentary tablet from 1593. Bishop Georg von Brixen significantly increased the liturgical celebration of the miracle. However, the Church's magisterial documents do not contain any formal Vatican recognition, papal decree, or investigative records specifically mentioning this 1310 miracle at St. Georgenberg-Fiecht.