In 1224 this Italian saint's 40 days of fasting brought on the stigmata
[DOC] [TLE] Miracles of the Saints: The Stigmata [PAR] The main purpose of the stigmata is so the saint may suffer in union with Jesus 
for ... to be the first Saint to have been given the stigmata (on September 14, 1224
), ... documented cases of the stigmata would be that of the Italian Saint Gemma 
... One day after Holy Communion, shortly after her miraculous cure, Jesus said to
... [DOC] [TLE] CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Francis of Assisi - New Advent [PAR] At baptism the saint received the name of Giovanni, which his father ... in the 
school of the Troubadours, who were just then making for refinement in Italy.