modern marvels of Christianity

The saint's humility could not prevent a great many of his brethren beholding with their own eyes the existence of these wonderful wounds during his lifetime as well as after his death. The facts are attested by a number of contemporary historians, and the feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis is kept on 17 September. .
             There have been hundreds of Stigmata throughout time, but the first one didnt show up until the thirteenth century. Dr. Imbert, a stigmata expert, counts 321 stigmatics in whom there is every reason to believe in a Divine action. He believes that others would be found by consulting the libraries of Germany, Spain, and Italy. In this list there are 41 men. There are 62 saints or "blessed" of both sexes of whom the best known are: .
             St. Francis of Assisi;.
             St. Lutgarde; St. Margaret of Corton;.
             St. Gertrude; .
             St. Clare of Montefalco; .
             Bl. Angela of Folign; .
             St. Catherine of Siena; .
             St. Lidwine; .
             St. Frances of Rome; .
             St. Colette, Franciscan; .
             St. Rita of Cassia; .
             Bl. Osanna of Mantua; .
             St. Catherine of Genoa; .
             Bl. Baptista Varani Poor Clare; .
             Bl. Lucy of Narni; .
             Bl. Catherine of Racconigi; .
             St. John of God, founder of the Order of Charity; .
             St. Catherine de Ricci, Dominican; .
             St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Carmelite; .
             Bl. Marie de lIncarnation, Carmelite; .
             Bl. Mary Anne of Jesus, Franciscan tertiary; .
             Bl. Carlo of Sezze; .
             Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitandine (who had only the crown of thorns); St. Veronice Giuliani, Capuchiness; St. Mary Frances of the Five wounds.
             There were 20 stigmatics in the nineteenth century. The most famous were: Catherine Emmerich, Augustinian; Elizabeth Canori Mora, Anna Maria Taigi, Maria Dominica Lazzari and Marie de Moerl. .
             Of these, Marie de Moerl spent her life at Kaltern, Tyrol. At the age of twenty she became extremely happy and ecstasy was her normal condition for the remaining thirty-five years of her life. Her ordinary position of prayer was kneeling on her bed with hands crossed on her breast, and an expression of countenance, which deeply impressed spectators.