Five Wounds of Christ

September 24, 2015 · updated February 15, 2022

Wundmale Christi, Detail aus dem Waldburg-Gebetbuch, WLB Stuttgart, Cod. brev. 12, fol. 11r, 1486.

The five wounds of Christ are those suffered during the Passion: the piercing of his two hands, two feet and side.

Devotion to the Five Wounds developed in the Middle Ages.