☝ Saint Gemma Galgani

born: near Lucca, march 12, 1878
died: Lucca, april 11, 1903
Italian mystic, plagued by serious illnesses from an early age, which prevented her from joining the Passionst nuns. She was cured by a miracle. Well, there is nothing a good miracle can’t fix. She had visions of Christ, the Blessed Virgin her guardian angel. She experienced stigmatization and the sweat of blood, scourging and levitation; all phenomena of 'Christ's Passion'.

A witness recounts; ‘Blood came from her wounds in great abundance. When she was standing, it flowed to the ground, and when in bed it not only wet the sheets, but saturated the whole mattress. I measured some streams or pools of this blood, and they were from twenty to twenty-five inches long and about two inches wide.’



Distinguishable features:
Wingspan: 1,56 m
Weight (approx) : 58 kg
Range and distribution: Italy
Color: black tunic
Special features: stigmata

☝ Saint Gerard Majella

born: Muro, april 23, 1725
died: Caposele, 1755
He was not a priest but served as a lay brother, tailor, gardener and porter with St Alphonsus Liguori. He felt these silly jobs proved just how humble he was. He was accused by a woman of being the father of her child, being a humble man, he did not deny it, but was cleared of the blame later.

He was known widely for his supernatural gifts. Bi-location, prophecy, levitation and great knowledge. A handkerchief he once dropped also has supernatural powers, it protects unborn children.


Distinguishable features:
Wingspan: 1,74 m
Weight (approx) : 87 kg
Range and distribution: Italy
Color: black tunic with white collar
Special features: a lily

☝ Jesus Christ of Nazareth

appeared: beginning of October 6 B.C Bethlehem
left: 27 A.D mount Golgotha
Son of God, prophet, political activist, martyr, miracle worker and saver of mankind. The most famous levitation in history was performed by Jesus on Ascension Day. Many of his gifts resemble those attributed earlier to Pythagoras, who during his lifetime also was venerated as a god.


Distinguishable features:
Wingspan: 1,62 m
Weight (approx): 52kg
Range and distribution: the entire universe
Color: various
Special features: radiant halo

☝ Saint John Bosco

born: Becchi, aug16, 1815
died: Turin, jan 31, 1888
Founder of the Salesians, mostly an educator, who had a special devotion to Mary Help of Christians and had a Basilica with that name built in Turin.

When he was a boy Bosco used to present one-man shows of tricks learned from circus performers; after his performance, while he still had an audience, he would repeat what he had heard earlier in church.

John worked with young people mostly and started boarding schools for the poor, naturally some of his friends thought he had gone mad and tried to drag him away to a doctor.

Miracles are attributed to him.

Distinguishable features:
Wingspan: 1,58 m
Weight (approx): 91 kg
Range and distribution: Italy
Color: black tunic
Special features: none

☝ Saint John Joseph of the Cross

born: Fontiveros, june 24, 1542
died: Ubeda, dec 14, 1591
Priest,poet, mystic and theologian, he was a friend of st. Theresa of Avila and a very talented writer.

He had such a reputation of holiness that he was immediately put in charge of building a new friary. He joined the work crew, serving as a mason. He could heal, see the future, bi-locate and fly. At his death his soul was seen to rise from his body resembling the Globe of the Earth on fire.

Distinguishable features:
Wingspan: 1,65 m
Weight (approx): 74 kg
Range and distribution: Italy
Color: light brown tunic
Special features: a pen and cross

☝ Saint Joseph of Cupertino

born: Cupertino, june 17, 1603
died: Osimo, sept 18, 1663
A Franciscan friar whose ecstatic flights earned him the title 'Flying Friar'.

As a boy he was sickly, absent-minded, nervous and extremely hot tempered and quite useless because his ecstasies made it impossible to do any jobs. He had the habit of stopping in the middle of a sentence, not remembering the conversation and to stand still or kneel at awkward moments.

Joseph was sent to Grotella in 1628 where he performed many miracles. For 10 years the surrounding countryside witnessed the wonders of the friar. He kept drawing such crowds, that his desperate superiors sent him from convent to convent, hidden from the world and basically imprisoned.

His life was in danger when he was denounced to the Inquisition at Naples, but was freed after three 'examinations'. He was sent to Pope Urban the 8th and when Joseph saw the Holy Father he flew into the air until the Pope ordered him down.

Hordes of Pilgrims followed Joseph around, the Spanish ambassador and his group saw him take off over their heads to the high altar, uttering his usual shrill cry, and the Duke of Brunswick became a Catholic after twice seeing Joseph in ecstasy.

The brothers used needles and burning embers to try and get his attention, but they could not get him out off trance. He would be caught by a vision that fixed him like a statue. He might fly around with his plate at dinner or suddenly fly into a tree when working outside, completely caught by amazement of the world.

Pope Innocent the 10th ordered him to retire and he spent the rest of his life in complete seclusion.

Distinguishable features:
Wingspan: 1,66 m
Weight (approx): 62 kg
Range and distribution: Italy
Color: various
Special features: none

☝ Saint Ludgardis of Tongeren

born: Tongeren, 1182
died: Abby of Aywieres, june 16, 1246
Jesus appeared to her when she was a young girl. She was one of the first to venerate the Holy Hart of Jesus. Ludgardis was one of the great many holy virgins, all saints are.

Some of the nuns identified so strongly with Mary that they slept with a little Jesus doll and fed it. They would actually feel pregnant with the Lord.

Ludgardis had many visions and sometimes levitations, which made her famous, even abroad. The last 11 years of her life she was blind.


Distiguishable features:
Wingspan: 1,67 m
Weight (approx): 88 kg
Range and distribution: Belgium
Color: black and white tunic
Special features: hart