Why pilgrims come
Encounter the Eucharistic tradition and its surviving evidence
The basilica preserves consecrated hosts associated with the enduring Eucharistic miracle of Siena.
The story & the place today
What happened here—and what a pilgrim can find now
Each record separates the devotional tradition from the present-day visitor evidence. A mapped locality remains visible even when an exact shrine or surviving object has not yet been verified.
The Sacred Hosts of Siena
Consecrated Hosts stolen from San Francesco on 14 August 1730 were recovered at Santa Maria in Provenzano on 17 August. The surviving Hosts remain the object of diocesan Eucharistic devotion and periodic examination.
Siena, Italy
The surviving consecrated Hosts recovered in 1730
Basilica of San Francesco, Siena
Continuing public veneration
Visitor note: Preserved at the basilica; exposition and adoration times vary and should be confirmed with the basilica or archdiocese
Church wording: Publicly venerated by the Archdiocese as the Eucharistic prodigy or miracle of Siena — Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
The recovered Hosts remain the focus of Eucharistic devotion at the Basilica of San Francesco.
How to read this page
Sources, tradition, and what is verified
No verification date is listed, so current visitor details should be confirmed directly.
This page records the site’s tradition as “Catholic.” That wording describes the nature of the claim and keeps devotional tradition distinct from independently verified history.