Osselaer, Tine van, author. Graus, Andrea, author. Rossi, Leonardo, 1989- author. Smeyers, Kristof, 1988- author. text eng "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' bodies, they fit contemporary popular ideas (if not necessarily those of the Church) of what sanctity was. As knowledge about them spread via modern media and their fame became marketable, they developed into religious 'celebrities'"-- Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Fame--Religious aspects--Christianity. Stigmatics--Europe--Public opinion. Stigmatization--Social aspects--Europe. Women in the Catholic Church--Europe. Europe--Religious life and customs--History--19th century. Europe--Religious life and customs--History--20th century. The devotion and promotion of stigmatics in Europe, c. 1800-1950 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2020031449 URN:ISBN:9789004439351 URN:ISBN: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International