Feast of Corpus Christi
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The Feast of Corpus Christi, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is a liturgical solemnity celebrating the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; the feast is obs
Corpus Christi procession. Oil on canvas by Carl Emil Doepler.
A stained glass window in the Saint Mary Basilica in Tongeren
Silver-gilt Corpus Christi monstrance of Toledo, Spain
Procession in Ottersweier, Germany
Monstrance
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A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium, is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for ostension, e.g., the display on an altar of some object of
A traditional "solar" monstrance
The Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance carried in a procession by a priest wearing a humeral veil
Two monstrances, showing the contrast between the modern simplified design on the right with its more ornate predecessor on the left
Monstrance given to the Monastery of Alcobaça by Dom João Dornelas in 1412, with some later additions during the baroque period, National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal