The Eucharistic Miracle of Rimini

1227 A.D.

In Rimini, Italy, at the Grand Piazza (today the Three Martyrs Piazza), (now Saint) Anthony of Padua, with his theological arguments, was failing to convince a faithless heretic named Bononillo of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Bononillo made a wager with Anthony, that if Bononillo returned to the Grand Piazza three days later, putting his hungry mule in the presence of both the Eucharist and some food, and the mule showed reverence to the Eucharist, ignoring the food, then Bononillo would convert to Catholicism. Three days later, they returned to the Grand Piazza, and put Bononillo's mule in the presence of both the Eucharist and some food, but the mule refused the food, approached the priest, bent its front legs before the Eucharist, and paused there in reverence, until Anthony told it to stand up. Bononillo honored his word, and converted to Catholicism, along with several others who had shared in his beliefs.

(Anthony Van Dyke)

Learn More:

Articles:

1. https://americaneedsfatima.org/stories/saint-anthony-a-mule-and-the-eucharist

2. http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/Liste/scheda.html?nat=italia&wh=rimini&ct=Rimini,%201227

3. https://aleteia.org/2017/06/13/st-anthony-and-the-mule-who-knelt-down-before-the-eucharist/