Did Saint Nicholas have the stigmata?

Answer 1

Stigmata: the word and meaning originated from the bible

Stigmata is the plural of the Greek word stigma, meaning a mark

Yes since Paul tells us in his letter to the Galatians:

Chapter 6:17 From now on, let no one make troubles for me; for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.

Since then many people have had the stigmata:

Many Saints that are acknowledged by even Protestants have had the Stigmata

In 1222, a young man who presumably had marked his body, head and hands with signs of crucifixion, was brought before the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton at a Synod in Oxford. The youth and two women were accused of crucifying the boy and displaying the stigmata.

Wounds, resembling Christ's passion, were also found on the body of the Dutch hermit Blessed Dodo of Asch (von Haske), after his death in 1231, when he was crushed under a wall of his cell.

St. Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), one of the greatest Saints of the Roman Catholic Church, is often credited as being the first to experience the stigmata in 1224. even if he wasn't the first stigmatic, his case was without doubt the first well documented and may thus be considered as the first undisputed case of stigmata.

St. Gertrude the Great,

St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-80 She was the most favored mystics of all time, she experienced levitations, performed exorcisms, possessed the gift of healing, existed on nothing but the Holy Eucharist for years, and had heavenly apparitions on a daily basis. During a visit to Pisa in 1375 she received the Sacred Stigmata from our Lord. After she prayed to the Lord that He remove the exterior signs of the Crucifixion because of her humility, her request was granted until the end of her life although she bore the invisible signs they appeared outwardly again at the time of her death.

St. Lydwine of Schiedam,

St. Rita of Cascia,

Blessed Osanna of Mantua,

St. Teresa of Avila,

St. Catherine dei Ricci,

St. Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi,

St. Rose of Lima,

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque,

St. Veronica Giuliani,

St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds

Anne Catherine Emmerich,

Louise Lateau,

St. Gemma Galgani,

Josefa Menendez,

Mary Rose Ferron,

Sr. Faustina Kowalska,

Berthe Petit,

Alexandrina da Costa,

Therese Neumann,

Adrienne von Speyr,

Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, very well documented yet at his death they all the marks vanished

Marthe Robin

A woman of great courage and strength, with a deep love of Christ and the Church, Marthe Louise Robin was born on 13 March 1902 at Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, near Lyons in south-eastern France; she died there on 6 February 1981, aged 78, having been bedridden and almost totally paralyzed or more than half a century.

In October 1930, she received the stigmata, the marks of the passion, and each Friday thereafter she underwent the most racking and intense pains of his death on the Cross.

Within a hundred years of St. Francis's death more than twenty cases of stigmata had occurred. The trend continued in successive centuries, with no fewer than 321 stigmatics being recorded by 1894. Of which a majority of 229 were from Italy, 70 from France, 47 from Spain, 33 from Germany, 15 from Belgium, 13 from Portugal, 5 each from Switzerland and Holland, 3 from Hungary and finally 1 from Peru.

The list includes 62 saints mostly from Roman Catholic countries and following that religion. A significant proportion of the cases (66%) are to be found among members of religious orders; in particular the Dominicans and the Franciscans, which each have approximately 100. An interesting fact is that the vast majority of the 321 listed stigmatics are women (90%).

The numbers above refers to "La Stigmatisation", a comprehensive two-volume work by Dr. Antoine Imbert-Gourbeyre (1818-1912). This work has been criticized of including several uncertain and uncontrolled cases while others presumably escaped Dr. Imbert-Gourbeyre enquires, but until now the list has not been corrected.

During the twenties century the number of reported stigmatics increased dramatically to such an extend that this indeed could be called the "era of the stigmata". This century also showed a change in pattern; Italy dominated somewhat less, and an increasing number of cases were reported from Great Britain, Australia, and the United States.

Many ordinary people and for the first time a few non-Catholic Christians were among the stigmatics of this period. An overwhelming majority of cases were however still experienced by women.

Answer 2

There is no historical evidence to suggest that Saint Nicholas had the stigmata. The stigmata are typically associated with other saints, such as Saint Francis of Assisi.

Answer 3

St. Rose of Lima did not have the stigmata.

Answer 4

Saint Nicholas of Myra did not have the stigmata.

Answer 5

Which Teresa? There are several. I do not believe any of them experienced the stigmata except for Teresa of Avila.

Answer 6

Yes she did. However she had an invisible stigmata. She felt the pain of Christ's wounds but did not show any outward sign, such as bleeding.