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The oldest
written reference to the procession of the Holy Blood
can be found in a charter of one of the Bruges' guilds
dating 1291. It clearly states that the guilds of Bruges
were obliged to take part in the procession. Most
probably, the relic was already shown to the public in
the chapel on the Burg Square. The veneration of the
relic in the chapel may have been at the origin of the
procession.
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