... the Stigmata. The wounds that the receiver might get are nails through the wrists, a nail through their feet, the crown of thorns, 39 lashes or the spear through the side. Once again, there are no nails, no whip, no thorns and no spear. The wounds appear out ... 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 fi...

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