The Stigmata of St. Francis

St. Francis had earlier experienced a vision with a seraph who seemed to have Christ in its wings. Padre Pio apparently received it first mystically and had it for years, by which we mean he felt the pain but didn't have the wounds. But then three days after that feast, Padre PIO receives this on September 20th. And once again, falls into an ecstasy and wakes up with his hands and feet bleeding in his side. It's not like a small hole. No. His hands were serious.