Mezquita Catholic monstrance made by the German goldsmith Enrique de Arfe,in the Chapel of Santa Teresa. Casted and engraved in silver between the years 1514 and 1518 The monstrance is the sacred vessel used in churches for the exhibition of the consecrated Eucharistic host. A monstrance may also serve as a reliquary for the public display of relics of some saintsA priest is not allowed to hold the monstrance with his bare hand, yet he is the one who consecrates the bread and wine