Stigmata

: This article is about stigmata in the religious sense. For other uses, see stigma.

History

There have been over 500 reported stigmatics who have displayed wounds similar to those supposedly inflicted upon Jesus. The first recorded case of these wounds was in the year 1222, by a man named Stephen Langton of England. Saint Francis of Assisi first suffered the wounds in La Verna, Italy, in 1224.

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1222 - Saint Francis of Assisi - 1224

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Other famous stigmatists include Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint John of God, and Saint Marie of the Incarnation. The most famous stigmatist of the twentieth century was Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968). Stigmata was more recently experienced by Brother Roque (1968-1996); a novice in the order of Los Hijos de Los Hijos de La Madre de Dios (The Sons of the Sons of the Mother of God) in Villavicencio, Colombia; and Canadian Lilian Bernas who began exhibiting stigmata in 1992.

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Saint Catherine of Siena - Saint John of God - Saint Marie of the Incarnation - Saint Pio of Pietrelcina - 1887 - 1968 - Brother Roque - 1996 - Los Hijos de Los Hijos de La Madre de Dios - Villavicencio - Colombia - Lilian Bernas - 1992

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