 In response to Lucy's insistent prayer, her stigmata eventually disappeared, which caused some of the other members of the community to question whether they had ever been there at all.This punishment was to last her entire life, or at least until 1541, when a niece of Girolamo Savonarola was elected prioress.When Lucy died on November 15, 1544, many people were surprised to find that she had not died years earlier.