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In 1918, Capuchin friar Padre Pio of Pietralcina, while praying before a cross, received the stigmata (bodily marks in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ). In 1956 he founded the ‘House for the Relief of Suffering’, a hospital that serves 60,000 a year. He was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II. His feast day is September 23rd.