Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Bludov - Zámek · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

The Bees’ Miraculous Monstrance

A tale about the founding of the Gothic church in Bludov says that a local farmer once dropped a stolen consecrated host at this spot. Wild bees carried it into a hollow tree and built a marvellous wax monstrance around it.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

Location and map

Place
Bludov - Zámek
Municipality / starting point
Bludov
District / region
Šumperk
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
4 km SW of Šumperka

A tale about the founding of the Gothic church in Bludov says that a local farmer once dropped a stolen consecrated host at this spot. Wild bees carried it into a hollow tree and built a marvellous wax monstrance around it.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 62

This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.

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