The Gethsemani are a Nosferatu bloodline with the uncanny ability to induce stigmata in others. On February 2, 1590, Prioress Catherine de'Ricci of the convent of San Vicenzio was Embraced by a Nosferatu pilgrim. The unnamed vampire was struggling with the loss of faith since his Embrace and hoped the famous nun would impart one of her miracles on him. According to the sect, Catherine, a lifelong stigmatic, had already been informed in visions of her fate and consented to the Embrace so she could minister to the Damned. The fate of her sire is lost of history, but Catherine immediately began building a new order of the faithful in a hidden haven under her convent.