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Sep 3, 2024 · There is debate over who was the first stigmatist in history. It is typically assumed that St. Francis was the first. He received the stigmata 800 years ago, on Sept. 17, 1224.
Sep 21, 2024 · From St. Paul to St. Francis is a long leap of more than 1,000 years. But since Francis in the 13th century, there have been several prominent stigmatists throughout history, who in every age astounded the faithful with their extraordinary Christian witness.
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4 days ago · There is debate over who was the first stigmatist in history. 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.”
3 days ago · In this episode of “ The Catholic Talk Show,” Ryan Scheel and Ryan DellaCrosse speak with author Paul Kengor to discuss the phenomenon of the stigmata. They share the incredible stories of three modern stigmatists who miraculously shared in Christ’s suffering through His wounds! 1. Padre Pio.
Aug 8, 2020 · St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), the first woman Doctor of the Church, would be blessed with the stigmata, but her wounds would remain invisible to all others until after her death....
Nov 18, 2011 · Padre Pio, a Capuchin monk who is probably the best known of all stigmatics, is also supposed to have experienced a number of other strange phenomena and to have effected numerous miraculous...
[1] St. Francis of Assisi is widely considered the first recorded stigmatic. For over fifty years, St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin reported stigmata which were studied by several 20th-century physicians.
