Holy Chalice

This article is about the cup from the Last Supper. For the object of Arthurian legend with which it is sometimes identified, see Holy Grail.
Oil painting showing Jesus at the Last Supper. He is shown seated behind a table, looking directly at the viewer while raising a communion wafer in his right hand, and laying his left hand on his heart. The cup of Communion is on the table, placed centrally in the picture.
Christ of the Eucharist by Juan Juanes. This 16th-century painting depicts the Valencia Chalice

The Holy Chalice, also known as the Holy Grail, is in some Christian traditions the vessel that Jesus used at the Last Supper to share his blood. The Synoptic Gospels refer to Jesus sharing a cup of wine with the Apostles, saying it was the covenant in his blood. The use of wine and chalice in the Eucharist in Christian churches is based on the Last Supper event. In the late 12th century, the author Robert de Boron associated the pre-existing story of the Holy Grail, a magical item from Arthurian literature, with the Holy Chalice. This association was continued in many subsequent Arthurian works, including the Lancelot-Grail (Vulgate) cycle, the Post-Vulgate Cycle, and Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. A cup kept in the Spanish Cathedral of Valencia has been identified since medieval times as the purported Holy Chalice used at the Last Supper.[1]

  1. ^ "10 Iconic Churches in Spain". Encyclopedia Britannica.