the last
time, and with much difficulty succeeded in reaching the church. From
that time till the end of the year she seemed to be dying, and received
the last Sacraments. At Christmas a smaller cross appeared on the top
of that upon her chest. It was the same shape as the larger one, so
that the two together formed a double forked cross. Blood flowed from
this cross every Wednesday, so as to leave the impression of its shape
on paper laid over it. After a time this happened on Fridays instead.
In 1814 this flow of blood took place less frequently, but the cross
became as red as fire every Friday. At a later period of her life more
blood flowed from this cross, especially every Good Friday; but no
attention was paid to it. On the 30th March 1821, the writer of these
pages saw this cross of a deep red colour, and bleeding all over. In
its usual state it was colourless, and its position only marked by
slight cracks in the skin... Other Ecstaticas have received similar marks
of the Cross; among others, Catherine of Raconis, Marina de l' Escobar,
Emilia Bichieri, S. Juliani Falconieri, etc.

She received the stigmas on the last days of the year 1812. On the
29th December, about three o'clock in the afternoon, she was lying on her
bed in her little room, extremely ill, but in a state of ecstasy and
with her arms extended, meditating on the sufferings of her Lord, and
beseeching him to allow her to suffer with him. She said five Our
Fathers in honour of the Five Wounds, and felt her whole heart burning
with love. She then saw a light descending towards her, and
distinguished in the midst of it the resplendent form of her crucified
Saviour, whose wounds shone like so many furnaces of light. Her heart
was overflowing with joy and sorrow, and, at the sight of the sacred
wounds, her desire to suffer with her Lord became intensely violent.
Then triple rays, pointed like arrows, of the colour of blood, darted
forth from the hands, feet, and side of the sacred apparition, and
struck her hands, feet, and right side. The triple rays from the side
formed a point like the head of a lance. The moment these rays touched
her, drops of blood flowed from the wounds which they made. Long did
she remain in a state of insensibility, and when she recovered her
senses she did not know who had lowered her outstretched arms. It was
with astonishment that she beheld blood flowing from the palms of her
hands, and felt violent pain in her feet and sid