The stigmata are marks or wounds resembling the wounds of Christ. For instance, Padre Pio had the stigmata in his hands which bled continuously, he had to wear gloves all the time.
There are 62 saints or blessed of both sexes of whom the best known were:
- St. Francis of Assisi (1186-1226)
- St. Lutgarde (1182-1246)
- St. Margaret of Cortona (1247-97)
- St. Gertrude (1256-1302)
- St. Clare of Montefalco (1268-1308)
- Bl. Angela of Foligno (d. 1309)
- St. Catherine of Siena (1347-80)
- St. Lidwine (1380-1433)
- St. Frances of Rome (1384-1440)
- St. Colette (1380-1447)
- St. Rita of Cassia (1386-1456)
- Bl. Osanna of Mantua (1499-1505)
- St. Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)
- Bl. Baptista Varani (1458-1524)
- Bl. Lucy of Narni (1476-1547)
- Bl. Catherine of Racconigi (1486-1547)
- St. John of God (1495-1550)
- St. Catherine de' Ricci (1522-89)
- St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566-1607)
- Bl. Marie de l'Incarnation (1566-1618)
- Bl. Mary Anne of Jesus (1557-1620)
- Bl. Carlo of Sezze (d. 1670)
- Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-90)
- St. Veronica Giuliani (1600-1727)
- St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds (1715-91)
- Marie-Julie Jahenny (1850-1941)
- St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) (1887-1968)
There were 20 stigmatics in the nineteenth century. The most famous were:
- Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824)
- Elizabeth Canori Mora (1774-1825)
- Anna Maria Taïgi (1769-1837)
- Maria Dominica Lazzari (1815-48)
- Marie de Moerl (1812-68) and Louise Lateau (1850-83)
