[american colleen]

I'm thinking of the recent stigmatic, Theresa Neumann who was from Germany. I think she died in the early 60s. I have a book on her somewhere around here and the pictures are incredible.

Also St. Rita of Cascia (sp?) - had the wound on her forehead from a thorn... it bled all the time but smelled like roses... a phenomena associated with all stigmatics, I believe.

[k omalley]

That perfume of sanctity, the smell of roses is quite common among stigmatics and even has been known to exude from their bodies when exhumed long after their deaths. Mysterious!

[Domestic Church]

I recall hearing a decade ago about a stigmatic, a devout and humble housewife, up near Hazelton/Wilkes-Barre PA.