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Oct 12, 2024 · Stigmata, in Christian mysticism, bodily marks, scars, or pains corresponding to those of the crucified Jesus Christ. Stigmata may be on the hands, on the feet, near the heart, and sometimes on the head (from the crown of thorns) or shoulders and back (from carrying the cross and scourging).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Late medieval and early modern religious understanding of stigmata has distinct cultural aspects that reveal particular attitudes to Christianity, self, and community. 1 Elements of this understanding go back to Galatians 6:17: ‘I bear the marks ( stigmata) of the Lord Jesus in my body.’ 2 Paul’s use of the word ‘stigmata’ is notable.
Feb 19, 2019 · This article traces how the stigmata were present in the religious and cultural imagination of the Victorians, for whom the wounds of Christ provided a starting point for discussions about what constituted their faith.
- Kristof Smeyers
- 2019
Sep 18, 2023 · Doubts about the stigmata were raised very early on not only against the Franciscan textual tradition, but also against the visual representations of St Francis’ stigmata. Depictions became decisive elements in the Franciscan propagation of the stigmatisation.
Sep 23, 2020 · The text compares the case of an anonymous stigmatized Carmelite nun from Tournai (stigmata 1851) with that of Louise Lateau (1850–1883, stigmata 1868), probably one of the most famous stigmatics in Europe at the time.
- Tine Van Osselaer
Within the context of the late medieval and early modern Catholic Church, stigmata are often understood as miraculous bodily marks echoing the wounds received by Christ on the cross. The most famous were those received by Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) after a vision when he was staying at a hermitage on Mount La Verna, north of Arezzo, in 1224.
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Dec 6, 2022 · Performing the stigmata engaged members of the audience in ways that allowed them to see and reflect on the evidence before them, and to use their visual observations to inform their acceptance, or otherwise, of the validity of the display.
