Gemma - ignore the bullies
Another Italian saint, Gemma Galgani, was a mystic whose replication of the Passion of the Christ led her to ridiculed. She often had health issues and suffered enormous pain. Her devotion to God was extraordinary and she experienced ecstatic states and was said to have levitated once. Despite the attention she gained, she was quiet and reserved. She eventually died of tuberculosis at 25.
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