The exhumed body of Padre Pio has attracted thousands of pilgrims after going on display in the southern Italian town of SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO 40 years after his death. His remains rest in a regal glass-and-marble coffin in the Santa Maria delle Grazie Church. He had the stigmata, the wounds of Jesus's crucifixion on his hands and feet. He was canonized by Pope John Paul in 2002.
15,000 devotees attended a Mass said by Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, head of the Vatican department that oversees the Catholic Church's saint-making process, before the body went on display.
750,000 people have made reservations to see the body between now and December.
Details of some of Padre Pio's miracles can be viewed here at Padre Pio's Miracles
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