Case file · Apparition / miracle
The bleeding hosts of Wilsnack
In 1383, after a fire destroyed Wilsnack church, three communion wafers were found unburnt with drops of blood, starting one of Europe's largest pilgrimages.
1383 CE · 52.96, 11.95 · status: disputed
The account
Theologians including Jan Hus attacked it as fraud. In 1552 a Lutheran preacher burned the hosts.
The sceptical view
Red spots on bread can be caused by the bacterium Serratia marcescens.