Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
Ludbreg's Eucharistic pilgrimage commemorates a 1411 event and the relic whose public veneration Pope Leo X permitted in 1513. The parish church is currently closed for major renovation; the shrine directs pilgrims to the Votive Chapel of the Precious Blood and asks groups to reserve Mass in advance.
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 Eucharistic tradition associated with Ludbreg
Catholic Tourist maps Ludbreg as the geographical setting of a Eucharistic tradition documented in the St. Carlo Acutis exhibition. The place-specific historical and visitor audit is still in progress; this account records a devotional tradition rather than making an independent ecclesial, historical, or scientific judgment.
Ludbreg, Croatia; precise church or event location awaiting verification
Still being researched
No present-day veneration site has yet been verified
Still being researched
Visitor note: The mapped point represents the associated locality, not confirmed church access.
Church wording: Documented in the St. Carlo Acutis exhibition; no separate Church judgment has yet been verified for this catalog record. — Recognition wording awaiting a place-specific Church-source audit
This pin preserves the geographical and devotional history while the exact event site, any surviving object, and current public commemoration are researched. It should not be read as confirmation that an active shrine exists at the pin.
The pilgrim’s guide
What makes this visit meaningful
Treat Ludbreg as a two-location story: the medieval event and the present public pilgrimage centered on the relic and Votive Chapel.
The venerated relic
Receive the devotion through the 1513 permission for public veneration.
Votive Chapel
Use the shrine's current place of liturgy while restoration continues.
Holy Sunday
Join Croatia's great September Eucharistic pilgrimage.
Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations
Continue nearby