23 May 1447 – Theft of the Blessed Sacrament from the Church of Ettiswil

Luzern, Korporation Luzern / S 23 fol. – Illustrated Chronicle by Diebold Schilling
The Sacrament Miracle of Ettiswil. Top left: the Gothic choir of the Ettiswil church; top right: the thief carries the Host out of the church; bottom left: she throws the Sacrament into a nettle bush; bottom right: two angels appear and venerate the Host transformed into a white flower (1447)
Luzern, Korporation Luzern / S 23 fol. – Illustrated Chronicle by Diebold Schilling
The Sacrament miracle of Ettiswil. Top left: a swineherd discovers the miracle; top right: the priest of Ettiswil hides the Host in a golden vessel; bottom left: the Sacrament is brought back to the parish church in a solemn procession; bottom right: at the site of discovery there is an open wooden chapel where believers venerate the Host enclosed in a golden monstrance (1447)
Anna Vögtlin , the host thief, is burned as a witch at the lower gate in front of the town of Willisau (1447)
Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau / Y 111

PDF, “When a Satanic Follower Tried to Steal the Eucharist”

Whit Wednesday

Concordantia caritatis, Morgan Library, MS M.1045, fol. 122v

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

Sermons

Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, holydays and festivals throughout the ecclesiastical year, to which are added the lives of many saints by Leonard Goffiné (Pustet, 1880).

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays (Benziger, 1896).

Station Church

Santa Maria Maggiore

Music

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant