Burglars struck the house at Weston Under Penyard and stole the world famous Nanteos Cup, a wooden bowl which is believed to have the power to bestow eternal life.
The religious relic is said to be the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper.
Legend has it that the cup was used by Joseph of Arimathea to catch Christ's blood while interring Him in his tomb.
Joseph took the cup to Britain and founded a line of guardians to keep it safe which finally ended up in Nanteos Mansion near Aberystwyth, Wales.
Visitors in hundreds visit the site to drink from the cup that measures 10cm by 8.5cm believing it has healing powers. Parts of it have been nibbled off by the sick in the hope of a miracle cure.
West Mercia Police spokeswoman said "The item stolen is known as the Nanteos Cup and is believed to be the Holy Grail".
West Mercia Police said "we are investigating a burglary at a home in Under Penyard. The home was broken into between 9.30 am on July 7 and 9.30 am on July 14. A wooden cup/chalice, known as the Nanteos cup, has been reported as stolen from the home. It is dark wood cup and was kept in a blue velvet bag".
Some experts say the Cup dates back to the 14th century, some 1,400 years after the Cruxifiction. Descendants of the Nanteos' original occupants are reported to have recently kept it in a bank vault, but loaned it to a seriously ill woman with connections to the family.
The burglars are believed to have raided her house while she was in hospital.
The police said "The Cup It was held for years at Nantoes Mansion in Wales until the last occupants of the estate, the Powell family, left in the 1950s. In later years it came into the ownership of the Steadman family, who kept it in a bank vault in Wales. The cup was stolen by burglars after being temporarily loaned to a seriously ill woman connected to the Steadman family".
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