Case file · Apparition / miracle
Sor Patrocinio, the nun with stigmata
In 1835 a Madrid court examined the wounds of the nun María de los Dolores Quiroga; doctors found they were self-inflicted and kept open with caustic substances.
1835 CE · 40.42, -3.70 · status: hoax
The account
She was exiled but later became an influential adviser to Queen Isabel II, the 'nun of the wounds' in liberal satire.