A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4

by Henry Charles Lea

[169] Extracto de la Causa seguida á Sor Patrocinio (Madrid, 1865).

[170] Revista Cristiana, Marzo-Abril, 1891 (Madrid).

Spain is by no means the only seat of these manifestations. In 1848 there was at Niederbronn, near Strassburg, a bride of Christ named Elizabeth Eppinger who, though denied the supreme favor of the stigmata, had trances and visions and the gift of prophecy. She founded the Order of Filles du Redempteur, over which she presided as Sœur Alphonse.—Abbé Busson, Lettres sur l’Extatique de Niederbronn (Besançon, 1849-53).

The grace of the stigmata is likewise not uncommon. About 1825 there flourished Katharine Emmerich, the nun of Dülmen, and contemporary with her were three girls in Tyrol, Maria von Mörl, Domenica Lazzari and Crescenzia Nicklutsch, all of whom enjoyed also the customary visions and ecstasies. The learned Joseph Görres was one of the believing pilgrims who put on record his experiences. At the same time Provence boasted of a similar beata, Madame Miollis, known as the stigmatisée du Var, at Villecroze.—Die Tyrolen ekstasischen Jungfrauen (Regensburg, 1843).—Nicolas, L’extatique et les stigmatisées du Tyrol (Paris, 1844).—Boré, Les stigmatisées du Tyrol, 2^e. Ed. (Paris, 1846).

The more recent case of Louise Lateau, in Belgium, is well known. All this, however, is trivial in comparison with the development of stigmatisation among the followers of Pierre-Michel Vintras, in France. In 1850 it was reckoned that no less than three hundred were favored with this distinguishing mark of divine approval.—André, Affaire Rose Tamisier, p. 5 (Carpentras, 1851).

[171] S. Th. Aquin. Summæ Suppl. Q. VIII, art. 4.—Astesani Summæ, Lib. V, Tit. xiii, Q. 2.—Summa Sylvestrina s. v. Confessor, I, §§ 10-11.

[172] Guidonis de Monte Rocherii Manip. Curator. P. II, Tract, iii, cap. 9.

[173] S. Antonini Summæ, P. III, Tit. xiv, cap. 19, § 8.

[174] S. Th. Aquin. in IV Sentt., Dist. XIX, Q. 1, art. 3.—Joh. Friburgens. Summæ Confessor., Lib. III, Tit. xxxiv, Q. 65.

[175] Burriel, Vidas de los Arzobispos de Toledo (Bibl. nacional, MSS. Ff, 194, fol. 9).