. The spell of Italy. d in the Blessed Sacrament. Weary of his doubtshe set out for Rome, so that there, in the capital ofhis religion, he might decide at last. Having set outfor Rome he was resting one day on the shores of thebeautiful lake of Bolsena. At the request of thevillagers he celebrated a Mass for them in the churchof Santa Christina, * which is with us even to thisday. As our German doubter (Raphael says he wasbut a lad) elevated the Host, more than ever troubledin his mind concerning the doctrine, he saw drops ofred blood upon the Corporal, * each stain severallyassuming the form
. The spell of Italy. d in the Blessed Sacrament. Weary of his doubtshe set out for Rome, so that there, in the capital ofhis religion, he might decide at last. Having set outfor Rome he was resting one day on the shores of thebeautiful lake of Bolsena. At the request of thevillagers he celebrated a Mass for them in the churchof Santa Christina, * which is with us even to thisday. As our German doubter (Raphael says he wasbut a lad) elevated the Host, more than ever troubledin his mind concerning the doctrine, he saw drops ofred blood upon the Corporal, * each stain severallyassuming the form of a human head with featureslike the Volto Santo, a portrait of our shame in his heart, what anger at his doubts,what love, what certainty, what gladness! Overcomeby fear and reverence, he, sinner that he was, darednot consume the Holy Species; but with eagerness,with love, reserved the Body of Our Lord, andtraveUing in haste to Orvieto, where the Pope thenwas, he, not without shame, confessed to him not. OKVIKTU CATHKDKAL. Augusta Perusia 161 only the miracle, but his doubts also. At the com-mand of the Pope the Sacred Host and the BlessedCorporal were brought from the church at Bolsena,and Urban IV himself, with all his clergy, passed inprocession with joy and music to meet the bishopwho brought them. They rest to-day in the cathedral,in the Cappella del Corporale. The cathedral waserected in memory of the miracle by Urban, who in1264 had promulgated by a bull the observance of theCorpus Christi Festival in connection with his strongdesire to emphasize the doctrine of the Real Presence. Truth or lie, continues Mr. Hutton, or whatyou will, the miracle of Bolsena has built the Cathe-dral of Orvieto; nor is there anything more marvel-lous upon earth. Fra Angelico did not hesitate tospend his genius on her walls. Signorelh, who is somuch greater than his fame, in 1499 began to paintthe vaulting and the waUs; and amid all the mag-nificence and richness of the work ar
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