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To: AnAmericanMother

http://books.google.com/books?id=9cQqNSHudQQC&pg=PA188&lpg=PA188&dq=avila+stigmatist&source=bl&ots=7Vr9AHOFYq&sig=ZL2BZvxw-9Ymzv7s8MHGZp15008&hl=en&ei=d-bXSp-PCIOosgOyqdWPBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CA8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=avila%20stigmatist&f=false


11 posted on 10/15/2009 8:22:33 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
St. Teresa is known for the 'odor of sanctity', and that was mentioned in all my sources, but not the stigmata.

She was also well-known to have had a wound over the heart as a result of an ecstasy in which an angel pierced it with a dart.

"The Ecstasy of St. Teresa" by Bernini

Your source seems to be discussing many different phenomena as "stigmata" and doesn't necessary distinguish clearly between them - it seems to term anyone bearing any visible mark (not necessarily the Five Wounds) as a "stigmatist". So under that somewhat expanded definition St. Teresa qualifies - but her picture would not show wounds on her hands.

12 posted on 10/16/2009 5:14:49 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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