Katarzyna Szymon

Katarzyna Szymon (October 21, 1907 – August 24, 1986) was a Polish mystic, said to have stigmatic wounds.

Life She was born October 21, 1907, in Studzienice near Pszczyna. She came from a large and poor family.

Katarzyna Szymon's memoirs reveal that as a child, when her father once again kicked her out of the house, she went to a roadside cross, where she allegedly experienced an apparition. According to her account, she first heard a voice from heaven saying: "that her father would change." Her father actually converted after some time and joined the Third Order of St. Francis.