The Devotion and Promotion of Stigmatics in Europe, C. 1800-1950: Between Saints and Celebrities

by Tine Van Osselaer

In the nineteenth century a new type of mystic emerged in Catholic Europe. While cases of stigmatisation had been reported since the thirteenth century, this era witnessed the development of the 'stigmatic' young women who attracted widespread interest thanks to the appearance of physical stigmata. To understand the popularity of these stigmatics we need to regard them as the 'saints' and religious 'celebrities' of their time. With their 'miraculous'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004439196
• ISBN13: 9789004439191
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 488 Pages