Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles: In the Lives of the Saints

Among the best documented of the many instances of bilocation attributed to St. Francis of Paola, for example, was a case that happened in 1507. As the holy man was fulfilling his duties at the church altar, people who had come to see him found that he looked as if he was in a deep state of prayer, and they decided not to disturb him. When they lef

María de Agreda’s mystical journeys were declared by the church to be authentic and she was given the consideration of “the highest rank among the mystics of past ages.”22