WStigmata, in Christianity, are the appearance of bodily wounds, scars and pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ, such as the hands, wrists and feet. An individual bearing the wounds of stigmata is a stigmatist or a stigmatic.
WMargarita Agullona, also called Margarita Agulló or simply Sister Agullona or Beata Agullona was a Roman Catholic mystic nun and writer who lived in eastern Spain. She joined the Third Order of Franciscan nuns.
WMariam Baouardy, was a Discalced Carmelite nun of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Born to Greek Catholic Palestinian parents from the town of Hurfiesh in the upper Galilee, later moved to I’billin, she was known for her service to the poor. In addition, she became a Christian mystic who suffered the stigmata, and has been canonized by the Catholic Church.
WSaint Marguerite Bays was a Swiss seamstress and Roman Catholic mystic who was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. She lived a simple life as a Franciscan and adapted the tenets of the order's charism into her own life and social apostolate, especially after she was cured of bowel cancer on 8 December 1854. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1995 after the recognition of a miracle attributed to her intercession. She was canonized by Pope Francis on October 13, 2019.
WLucy Brocadelli also known as the Blessed Lucy of Narni or Blessed Lucy of Narnia, was a Dominican tertiary who was famed as a mystic and a stigmatic. She has been venerated by the Roman Catholic Church since 1710. She is known for being the counselor of the Duke of Ferrara, for founding convents in two different and distant city-states and for her remains being solemnly returned to her home city of Narni on 26 May 1935, 391 years after her death.
WMatthew Carrieri, was a Dominican friar noted for the "austerity of his life." He was the spiritual instructor of Stephana de Quinzanis, and like her, an alleged stigmatic.
WBlessed Catherine of Racconigi, T.O.S.D., was an Italian member of the Third Order of St. Dominic, who is recognized for being a mystic and a stigmatic.
WCatherine of Siena, a lay member of the Dominican Order, was a mystic, activist, and author who had a great influence on Italian literature and the Catholic Church. Canonized in 1461, she is also a Doctor of the Church.
WMariam Thresia was an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family. Thresia Mankidiyan became known for receiving frequent visions and ecstasies as well as even receiving the stigmata which she kept well-guarded. She had been involved in apostolic work her entire life and pushed for strict adherence to the rule of her order amongst her fellow religious.
WChristina of Stommeln, also known as Christina Bruso and Christina Bruzo, was a Roman Catholic mystic, ecstatic, and stigmatic.
WRosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo was an Italian Roman Catholic who was widowed and later became a nun. She was also the founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne and assumed the new name of "Anna Rosa" after she had established her order and made her religious profession as a nun. Her order - after her death - expanded in Europe and other parts of the world.
WThe Blessed Elizabeth of Reute, T.O.R., was a German Franciscan tertiary sister who is venerated as a mystic and as having borne the Stigmata.
WBlessed Anne Catherine Emmerich was a Roman Catholic Augustinian Canoness Regular of Windesheim, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist.
WMarie Rose Ferron, often called the Little Rose, was a Canadian-American Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist.
WFrancis of Assisi, venerated as Saint Francis of Assisi, also known in his ministry as Francesco, was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, mystic, and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in Christianity.
WMaria Gemma Umberta Galgani was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "Daughter of the Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. She is especially venerated in the Congregation of the Passion (Passionists).
WVeronica Giuliani was an Italian Capuchin Poor Clares nun and mystic. She was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.
WTeresa Helena Higginson was a British Roman Catholic mystic.
WMarie-Julie Jahenny Breton pronunciation: [maˈʁiː ʒyˈliː ʒaɛˈniː] was a Breton mystic and stigmatist.
WLouise Lateau was a mystic and stigmatist.
WMary of Jesus de León y Delgado, was a Spanish Dominican lay sister, mystic and visionary, known popularly as "La Siervita". She lived a life which was austere and simple, and many miracles were attributed to her, as well as levitation, ecstasy, bilocation, the stigmata, clairvoyance and healing, among others.
WMarie of the Incarnation, also as Madame Acarie, was the foundress of the nuns of the Discalced Carmelite Order in France, who later became a lay sister of the Order. She has been called the "mother of Carmel in France".
WMary Frances of the Five Wounds, was an Italian member of the Third Order of St. Francis, who is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church.
WMichelina of Pesaro, was an Italian Roman Catholic Franciscan tertiary who was later beatified.
WTherese Neumann was a German Catholic mystic and stigmatic.
WGertrude van der Oosten was a Dutch Beguine who was considered a mystic and had received the Stigmata.
WOsanna of Mantua was an Italian Dominican tertiary who gained notice as a stigmatic and mystic.
WMaddalena Panattieri was an Italian Roman Catholic nun and a professed member of the Sisters of Penance of Saint Dominic since her late adolescence. Panattieri was a stigmatic and received visions during her life with one in particular being the French invasion of the Italian peninsula. She served as a catechist to children and was noted for her simple existence.
WPadre Pio, also known as Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, , was an Italian friar, priest, stigmatist and mystic, now venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Born Francesco Forgione, he was given the name of Pius when he joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
WStephana de Quinzanis was an Italian Dominican Sister, stigmatic and mystic.
WBenoîte Rencurel (1647–1718) was a shepherdess from Saint-Étienne-le-Laus, France who is said to have seen apparitions from the Virgin Mary from 1664 to 1718. The apparitions became known as Our Lady of Laus, and the site receives thousands of pilgrim visits a year. On 4 May 2008, Bishop Jean-Michel di Falco of the Diocese of Gap officially recognized the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Benoite Rencurel at the sanctuary of Laus in the area of Hautes-Alpes, France.
WSaint Catherine de' Ricci, O.S.D., was an Italian Dominican Tertiary sister. She is believed to have had miraculous visions and corporeal encounters with Jesus, both with the infant Jesus and with the adult Jesus. She is said to have spontaneously bled with the wounds of the crucified Christ. She is venerated for her mystic visions and is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
WRita of Cascia was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
WSaint Anna Schäffer was a German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012.
WAdrienne von Speyr was a Swiss Catholic convert, physician, wife, mystic, and author of some sixty books of spirituality and theology.
WTeresa of Ávila, born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish noblewoman who felt called to convent life in the Catholic Church. A Carmelite nun, prominent Spanish mystic, religious reformer, author, theologian of the contemplative life and of mental prayer, she earned the rare distinction of being declared a Doctor of the Church, but not until over four centuries after her death. Active during the Catholic Reformation, she reformed the Carmelite Orders of both women and men. The movement she initiated was later joined by the younger Spanish Carmelite friar and mystic John of the Cross. It led eventually to the establishment of the Discalced Carmelites. A formal papal decree adopting the split from the old order was issued in 1580.
WJuana de la Cruz Vázquez y Gutiérrez, T.O.R.,, was a Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular. Known to be a mystic, she was authorized to preach publicly, an extraordinary permission for a woman. Living at the start of Spanish mysticism's golden era, she is counted among Teresa of Ávila's literary mothers. In 2015 she was declared Venerable by the Catholic Church.
WRhoda Wise was an American Catholic stigmatist and mystic from Canton, Ohio. Between 1939 and her death in 1948, Wise reported seeing regular visions of Jesus Christ and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux in her Canton home. Wise has been associated with a number of sudden and unexplained healings, including the healing of Mother Angelica, the founder of the Catholic television network EWTN, from a painful stomach ailment. In 2016, Bishop George V. Murry of the Diocese of Youngstown declared Wise a Servant of God as a first step towards her possible canonization as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.