Case file · Apparition / miracle

Stigmata of Gemma Galgani

On 8 June 1899 the Lucca girl Gemma Galgani, aged 21, reported the stigmata, which recurred on Thursday evenings to Friday afternoons; she also described battles with the devil.

1899 CE · 43.84, 10.51 · status: disputed

The sceptical view

Her doctor, Pietro Pfanner, thought the wounds self-inflicted or hysterical; she was canonised in 1940.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Gemma Galgani
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