Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations 1 Stigmatics Tine Van Osselaer, Leonardo Rossi and Kristof Smeyers, in collaboration with Andrea Graus 1 Introduction 2 Tracing Stigmata 3 The Invention of "Stigmatics" 4 Building Blocks2 Saints and Celebrities Tine Van Osselaer 1 Saints in the Spotlight 2 The Scale of Fame: Transnational and Comparative Approach 3 Religious Celebrities 4 An Interactive Approach3 On Stigmata, Suffering and Sanctity Tine Van Osselaer 1 Theodor Nolde's Visit 2 The "Spectacle" of the Holy Wounds 3 The Meaning of Suffering 4 The Effect of Suffering on the Visitors4 Visiting Stigmatics and Their Promotion from the Ground Up: The Devotees, the Unofficial Movements and the Episcopate in France Andrea Graus 1 French Stigmatics and Visitors' Expectations 2 Inside the Fridays of Passion 3 The Diocesan Response to the Visits 4 The Visitors' Unofficial Movements 5 Conclusions5 Selling Sensation, Creating Sanctity: The Visual and Material Culture of "Stigmatics" Tine Van Osselaer 1 In the Public Eye 2 Commerce and Devotion 3 Capturing Corporeal Mysticism 4 Creativity after Death 5 Conclusions6 Stigmatics, Politics and the Law: On Fake Stigmata and "Self-styled" Sanctity in Spain and France Andrea Graus 1 Stigmatics and Political Symbolism 2 Sor Patrocinio, Rosette Tamisier and the "Two Spains/Frances" 3 The Law and the Public Debunking of Stigmatics 4 Fake Stigmata and Self-styled Sanctity in the Anticlerical Press 5 Conclusions7 Stigmatized Blood in the Vatican Courts: Religious Response and Strategy Leonardo Rossi 1 Introduction: An Ambiguous Relationship 2 The Vatican Perspective 3 Examining Stigmatics 4 Conclusions8 Conclusion Tine Van Osselaer 1 A Visible Type 2 New Types and the Scale of Their Circulation 3 Suggestions for Further Research Bibliography Biographical Dictionary of Stigmatics Index of Names and Subjects.