Two Eucharistic miracles took place in 1230 and 1595 in Florence’s Church of Saint Ambrose. In 1230, a priest having finished celebrating Mass, did not realize that several drops of consecrated wine remained in the chalice. A day later, taking up the chalice, he found living blood coagulated. This was shown to all who were present, to the bishop, and to all the clergy. He took the Precious Blood from the chalice and put the Sacred Species in a crystal cruet and showed the people. The relic of the coagulated Blood (several drops of Blood that measure about a square centimeter) is conserved in a reliquary which has been placed inside a white marble tabernacle.
The second miracle occurred on Good Friday in 1595, when a lit candle on the altar of a side chapel fell to the ground and started a fire. The people immediately rushed to put out the fire and succeeded in saving the Blessed Sacrament and chalice. In the great commotion, six fragments of consecrated Hosts fell from the pyx onto the smoldering carpet, but despite the fire these were found intact and joined together. In 1628, Archbishop Marzio Medici of Florence examined the fragments of the Hosts, which he found to be incorrupt. He had the Sacred Species placed in a precious reliquary. Every May during the Forty Hours devotion, the two reliquaries are exposed together in a reliquary that also contains a consecrated Host for public adoration.
“Eucharistic Miracle of Florence, Italy, 1230-1595.” Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association, 2006. http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/english_pdf/Florence.pdf
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