Stigmata
![Hands with stigmata, depicted on a Franciscan church in Lienz, Austria](/Images/godic/202502/13/Lienz_-_Fanziskanerkirche_-_Außenansicht_-_Hände_mit_Stigmata5610.jpg")
![St Catherine fainting from the stigmata by Il Sodoma, Church of Saint Pantaleon, Alsace, France](/Images/godic/202502/13/Munchhausen_StPantaleon_505610.JPG")
![Saint Francis of Assisi contemplating the wounds of stigmata as part of the Imitation of Christ.[4][5]](/Images/godic/202502/13/Cigoli,_san_francesco5610.jpg")
![El Greco - The Stigmatization of St Francis - WGA10562.jpg](/Images/godic/202502/13/El_Greco_-_The_Stigmatization_of_St_Francis_-_WGA105625610.jpg")
Stigmata (singular stigma) is a term used by members of the Christian faith to describe body marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ, such as the hands, wrists, and feet. An individual bearing the wounds of Stigmata is referred to as a Stigmatist or a Stigmatic.