First known stigmata
Who
Unknown
What
1224/09/14 first
Where
(Assis)
When
The earliest known stigmatic was St Francis of Assisi. On the 14 September 1224, it is said that he saw a fiery-winged seraph descending from heaven in the form of a crucified man, believed to be Jesus and there after began to develop bleeding wounds in his hands, feet and side that corresponded to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus. Such wounds, which seem to develop of their own accord and do not become sceptic, have been regularly documented and frequently affecting women, usually of the Catholic faith.
The first non-Catholic stigmatic was Cloretta Robinson, who, unlike most stigmatics was Protestant. In 1972, aged 10, and just a week after reading a religious book dealing with the crucifiction of Jesus, she developed a bleeding stigma in her left palm, with four others intermittently appearing during the next 19 days.