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===The Last Supper=== ====Last Supper knife==== The knife used by Jesus during the [[Last Supper]] was also a matter of veneration in the Middle Ages, according to the 12th-century ''Guide for Pilgrims'' to [[Santiago de Compostela]].<ref>{{citation |last= Snoek |first= Godefridus |title= Medieval Piety from Relics to the Eucharist |publisher= E.J. Brill |location= Leiden |year= 1995 |isbn= 978-90-04-10263-7 |page=248 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vXtHb-OODMkC&pg=PA281}}</ref> According to French traveler Jules-Léonard Belin the knife used by Jesus to slice bread was permanently exhibited in the Logetta of [[St Mark's Campanile]] in Venice.<ref>{{citation |last=Belin|first=Julien-Léonard|title=Le Simplon et l'Italie septentrionale: promenades et pèlerinages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOQNAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA218|language=fr|page=218|publisher=Belin-Leprieur|year=1843}}</ref> ====Holy Chalice (Holy Grail)==== {{Main|Holy Chalice}} The [[Holy Chalice]] is the container Jesus used at the Last Supper to serve wine ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 26:27–28).<ref>{{Bibleverse|Matthew|26:27–28|NIV}}</ref> Several Holy Chalice relics are reported in the legend of the [[Holy Grail]], though not part of Catholic tradition.<ref>{{CathEncy| wstitle = Chalice| title = Chalice| first =Herbert | last = Thurston}}</ref> Of the existing chalices, only the {{lang|es|Santo Cáliz de Valencia}} (Holy Chalice of the [[Cathedral of Valencia]]) is recognized as a "historical relic" by the Vatican,<ref>{{citation|title=Official website of the Valencia cathedral - The Holy Chalice of the Lord Supper|chapter-url=http://www.catedraldevalencia.es/en/el-santo-caliz_historia.php|chapter=The History of the Holy Chalice }}</ref> although not as the actual chalice used at the Last Supper.<ref>{{Harvnb |Griffin|2001|p=103}}</ref> Though not claiming the relic's authenticity, both [[Pope John Paul II]] and [[Pope Benedict XVI]] have venerated this chalice at the Cathedral of Valencia.<ref>{{citation|title=Pope to Venerate Holy Grail|url=http://www.zenit.org/article-16519?l=english|publisher=Zenit News|date=2006-07-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725102819/http://www.zenit.org/article-16519?l=english|archive-date=2010-07-25}}</ref>
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