Temple of the Body of God

The Church of the Body of the Lord is a church in Turin, Italy, erected on the site of a famous miracle that, according to legend, occurred on June 6, 1453. The Baroque temple of the beginning of the XVII century stands on the Piazza Corpus Domini, located along the Via Palazzo di Citt, limited on one side by the square with the Turin City Hall building, and on the other - the central Piazza Castello. This is the most ancient part of the city.

On June 6, 1453, the bandits who had robbed one of the churches of Exil and had stolen a silver rakka, which kept the consecrated veil, arrived in Turin. Entering the square, the mule, loaded with bags of loot, suddenly stopped, and the stolen relic suddenly ascended to heaven. After the prayers of Bishop Louis Romagnano, who immediately arrived at the site, the plate returned safely to the silver bowl. The rectangular stone slab on which the miracle occurred immediately becomes a place of popular worship, where in 1510 the architect Sanmikeli was commissioned to build a chapel. In the early seventeenth century, the chief architect of the Duke Ascanio Vitozzi designed a new road connecting Castello Square and the square with the old municipality. Between these two poles, the square of the Body of the Lord is planned, on which the Temple of the Body of the Lord will be erected.

The Church of the Body of the Lord is open to the public from 7:30 to 11:30 and from 15:00 to 18:00. In August, the church is closed in the afternoon. Photography is allowed inside the church.