Faithful representation of the great miracle that occurred in the Blessed Sacrament, in the parish of Les Ulmes de Saint-Florent, near the town of Saumur, on the second day of the month of June, 1668.
On Saturday during the octave of the Blessed Sacrament, during the Benediction, while the Parish Priest was singing these words, Verbum caro, panem verum [The Word made flesh, true bread], there appeared in the monstrance (sun) in place of the host, the form of a man, who had light brown hair falling over his shoulders, a radiant face, his hands crossed one over the other, with the right over the left, and his body clothed in a white robe in the form of an alb. This apparition lasted more than a quarter of an hour, both upon the Tabernacle where the Blessed Sacrament was exposed, and on the altar, after the Parish Priest had brought it down to let the people see it from closer by: following which a small cloud formed and enveloped it, and having instantly dissipated, it left the holy host visible in its ordinary shape, as before this miracle. This account is taken word for word from the pastoral letter of Monseigneur the Bishop of Angers on this subject.
