The Stigmata of Gemma Galgani
In 1899 at the age of twenty-one, Gemma Galgani was said to have endured the stigmata, a bizarre event where a saint suddenly receives the wounds of Jesus. After a very difficult vision where she spoke to Jesus and the Virgin Mary, Gemma woke with the wounds and tried to cover them up. While many in the church didn’t believe her, her spiritual guide, the Reverend Germanus Ruoppolo came around to believing her accounts and wrote a biography about her.