“The extraordinary phenomena that manifest themselves in the person of a humble Capuchin are the subject of lively and interesting comments: Padre Pio of Pietrelcina.
He made his first appearance in our country surrounded by the halo of holiness and, since his appearance, people had signs of great veneration for him. His life as a penitent, his ministry exercised with great sacrifice, his wonders make the convent a crowded pilgrimage destination.
Many and varied are the miraculous facts attributed to the saint: the prophetic spirit, the gift of clairvoyance, ubiquity, ecstasy; But if these facts can limit the skeptic, the generality admits a phenomenon visible to everyone: the phenomenon of stigmata, appeared on both hands, feet and sides.