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- St. Francis of Assisi. One of the earliest persons recorded to receive the stigmata, Francis was marked with the holy wounds of Christ after making a special 40-day retreat on Mount La Verna.
- St. Gemma Galgani. An Italian woman who lived from 1878-1903, Gemma had a deep devotion to the Sacred Heart and received a special vision of Jesus. In it, Jesus appeared with his wounds, and fire came down and touched Gemma.
- St. Catherine of Siena. Catherine was a 14th-century Dominican tertiary who led a deep life of prayer and contemplation. During her life she received the wounds of Christ after receiving Holy Communion, and they were at first visible.
- St. Mariam Baouardy. A Discalced Carmelite who lived from 1846-1878, Mariam experienced the stigmata early on in her life as a religious novice in the convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition.
4 days ago · It is typically assumed that St. Francis was the first. He received the stigmata 800 years ago, on Sept. 17, 1224. But aside from Francis, the first stigmatist might well have been St. Paul. Note Paul’s words in Galatians 6:17: “I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.”
Nov 18, 2011 · The modern English stigmatic Jane Hunt began to display the signs of the Passion in 1985 after suffering a series of miscarriages, and ceased to do so after she had a hysterectomy in 1987.
Perhaps the best-known patron saint for addiction is Saint Maximillian Mary Kolbe (1894-1941). Saint Max, as he is affectionately known in my household, was a Franciscan Friar in Poland. Though he spent some time as a missionary in Asia, he spent most of his adult life spreading a devotion to Mary.
Dec 26, 2020 · St. Mark Ji TianXiang (1834-1900) was an opium addict. Because his priest didn’t understand the nature of addiction, he told TianXiang that he couldn’t be absolved until he had beaten his...
St. Mark Ji Tianxiang was canonized Oct. 1, 2000, by Pope St. John Paul II. His feast is July 9. May he pray for us! Zubair Simonson, O.F.S., is a convert who was raised Muslim. He grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, and has also lived in New York. He received his B.A. at the University of Michigan, majoring in Political Science.
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Francis of Assisi was the first recorded stigmatic in Christian history. For over fifty years Padre Pio of Pietrelcina of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin reported stigmata which were studied by several 20th century physicians, whose independence from the Church is not known.
