1917 - 12 November - He returned to the monastery of SAN Giovanni Rotondo, where he stayed until 5 March 1918, the year when he resumed national service in Naples.

1918 - 16 March - Padre Pio returned to the monastery of SAN Giovanni Rotondo for good.

5 August - Through the work of a mysterious celestial being, Padre Pio's heart was pierced by a spear, leaving him with a wound that was to beed for the rest of his life. This phenomenon is known as transverberation.

20th September - Following the appearance of the mysterious person dripping with blood in the chapel, he found that he himself now had wounds on his hands, ribcage and feet. From then on, Padre Pio's body was marked with stigmata, the visible signs of the Passion of Christ.

1919 - News of the stigmata spread throughout Italy, and thousands of pilgrims, attracted by this charismatic figure, began to make their way to the Gargano.

15 May - Padre Pio's stigmata were first examined by a doctor, Professor Luigi Romanelli, consultant at the hospital of Barletta.

26 July - Padre Pio was examined by professor Amico Bignami, head of the medical pathology department of the University of Rome.