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Quote: Maria De Vito said, "I was an admirer of Padre Pio and I met him for the first time on July 31, 1919...he gave me personally an empty bottle, and asked if I would act as a chauffeur to transport it back from Foggia to San Giovanni Rotondo with four grams of pure carbolic acid. ... He explained that the acid was for disinfecting syringes for injections. He also asked for other things, such as Valda pastilles." Moore, Malcolm (2007-10-24). "Italy's Padre Pio 'faked his stigmata with acid'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-04-25..