2018年8月31日 · Seen as blessed, these people bear the wounds of Christ’s crucifixion—the stigmata. Many believe stigmata to be a blessing to the holiest of servants, those saints among men who’ve been touched by Christ.

2011年11月18日 · Through the centuries, stigmata has become one of the best-documented, and most controversial, of mystical phenomena. The extensive record makes it possible to compare cases that occurred...

Stigmata (Ancient Greek: στίγματα, plural of στίγμα stigma, 'mark, spot, brand'), in Catholicism, are bodily wounds, scars and pain which appear in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ: the hands, wrists, feet, near the heart, the head (from the crown of thorns), and back (from carrying the cross and ...

2017年10月4日 · Here are five holy men and women who were known for their exemplary lives of holiness, and bore the stigmata. One of the earliest persons recorded to receive the stigmata, Francis was marked...

2014年2月11日 · Stigmata outside the Catholic Church are possible BUT all of the real mystics eventually convert to the Catholic Church, like Adrienne von Speyer. This is because the Holy Spirit leads to unity, and unity is found ONLY in one true Church: common-union... communion is real (not symbolic) only in the Catholic Church: protestants don't have the ...

2015年1月8日 · What the Church does when it canonizes is recognize the exemplary Christian life of a saint, whether or not he or she has the stigmata. The phenomenon of the stigmata is a sign of the reality...

2025年2月1日 · 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 …

2014年1月24日 · People who have stigmata exhibit wounds that duplicate or represent those that Jesus is said to have endured during his crucifixion. The wounds typically appear on the stigmatic's...

2024年9月17日 · Franciscans around the world commemorate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata on Sept. 17, 1224, the appearance of the bodily wounds of Christ's crucifixion.

2019年4月30日 · Since then, there have been around 400 people who’ve claimed to have the stigmata, of which around 25 are believed to be alive today. Almost all stigmatics are women, notable exceptions being, of course, Saint Francis and Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, who was canonized in 2002.