September 20th, 1918 A.D.
Early in his priesthood, Padre Pio experienced bodily marks, pain, and bleeding in locations indicative of the (not yet visible) stigmata. After mass on September 20th, 1918, Pio was offering prayers of thanksgiving and had a vision of Jesus. When the vision ended, he had received the visible stigmata on his hands, feet, and side (his wounds purportedly smelled like flowers). His stigmatism continued for 50 years, and disappeared without any trace or scar a few days before his death on September 23rd, 1968.
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