Stigmata in Saints' Lives
Stigmata are bodily marks that sources link to the wounds of Christ's Passion: hands, feet, side, or crown of thorns. They may be described as visible, intermittent, internal, or painful without permanent lesion. The motif is linked to a spirituality of participation in the Passion and often appears during prayer or a vision. This page does not gather all saints' wounds: a martyrdom wound or a skin disease is not a stigmata if the source does not explicitly make the link with the crucified Christ. It must also distinguish stigmata from the ecstasy that may accompany them. The corpus is restricted and sometimes contains several files for the same figure; duplicates must be grouped in the presentation. Illustrations will suggest the marks through posture and discreet bandages, never through graphic wounds.
- Accounts
- 11
- Saints
- 10
- Period
- 12th century – 17th century
Definition
Understanding this type of miracle
Stigmata are bodily marks that sources link to the wounds of Christ's Passion: hands, feet, side, or crown of thorns.
Forms included from the sources
- mark explicitly linked to the Passion
Not to be confused with…
- torture wound and skin disease
Documented examples
Major figures
- Saint Veronica Giuliani 17th century · 2 accounts
« Veronica receives the crown of thorns then the stigmata in 1697 »
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Saint Francis of Assisi (Confessor) 12th century · 1 account « the stigmata »
- Saint Gertrude of Eisleben 14th century · 1 account
« Spiritual stigmata (wounds of the Passion engraved in his soul) »
- Saint Ozanna 16th century · 1 account
« Invisible then hidden stigmatization »
Classified sources
Accounts in the corpus
11 results
Editorial transparency
Method and sources
Sancteo presents these accounts as hagiographic and historical traditions, without ruling on their origin or making medical or spiritual promises.
Volumes are calculated from technically validated classifications in the canonical database. Each figure above has a quotation directly linked to this theme. Last recalculated: .
Editorial responsibility: Sancteo · Corpus source: Les Petits Bollandistes and documented enrichments. Version: miracle-topic-editorial-en-v1.