The Annual picturesque Ceremony held at Bruges, Belgium. Excellent quality.

Procession of the 'Holy Blood' (1904)


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Procession of the Relic of the Holy Blood
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Ascension Day Black and White Catholic Church Documentary Entry into Jerusalem Jesus Christ Parade People Priest Procession Relic Short Silent Film The Nativity DocumentaryShortAscension Day, Black and White, Catholic Church, Entry into Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, Parade, People, Priest, Procession, Relic, Silent Film, The NativityDescription
This Procession, probably of its kind the finest place annually on the first Monday after the 2nd May. The Relic on this occasion is taken from its chapel, which is called after it, to the Cathedral, where Pontifical Mass is celebrated, after which the Procession starts from here, traversing the town, and finishing with the impressive sight of the Benediction with the Relic outside of its chapel on the Place du Bourg.
The Relic was given to Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders, by his brother-in-law, Baldwin III., King of Jerusalem, as a reward for his services as a Crusader. The Relic, which was then deposited in the Church of Jerusalem, was divided into two parts, one of which was filled into a phial and then presented to Thierry by the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Thierry, with his Flemish army, leaving the Holy Land, brought the Relic to Bruges in 1148, where later it was placed in the Chapel of the Holy Blood.
The Relic is exposed every Friday for public veneration in its chapel. Documents extant testify to the visits of Bishops, Patriarchs, Princes, Kings and Emperors to this wonderful shrine. On 25th October, 1485, a party of English sailors with their captain, made a pilgrimage to Bruges to venerate this Relic, and this year (1904) a party of British pilgrims, under the auspices of the Catholic Association, London, took a prominent part in the grand procession, the Archbishops of Calcutta and Westminster and the Bishop of Birmingham being likewise present for the occasion.
Source: Urban Eclipse Catalogue, 1905

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