Editing Bilocation (section)

===Christianity===
The history of [[Christianity]] contains many reports of miraculous bilocations. Among the earliest of these is the apparition of [[Our Lady of the Pillar]]. This is an alleged appearance of the [[Virgin Mary]] in [[Caesaraugusta]], Spain, in the year 40{{nbsp}}AD, at a time when she is believed to have been still alive and living in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aleteia.org/2017/10/12/did-you-know-the-1st-apparition-of-the-blessed-mother-was-an-act-of-bilocation/|title=Did you know the 1st apparition of the Blessed Mother was an act of bilocation?|first=Larry|last=Peterson|date=12 October 2017|website=Aleteia}}</ref>
 
Other Christian figures said to have experienced bilocation include [[Catherine de' Ricci]], [[Saint Drogo]],<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Christian E. |date=16 April 2015 |url=https://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/rediscovering-saint-drogo-sebourg |title=Rediscovering Saint Drogo of Sebourg |work=Crisis Magazine}}</ref> [[Anthony of Padua]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Da Rieti |first=Ubaldus |date=1895 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uEhDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA47 |title=Life of St. Anthony of Padua |location=Boston |publisher=Angel Guardian Press |pages=47–48}}</ref> [[Francis of Paola]],<ref>{{harvnb|Guiley|2001|page=117}}</ref> [[Francis Xavier]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartoli |first1=D. |last2=Maffei |first2=J. P. |date=1858 |title=The Life of St. Francis Xavier |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924031265865/page/n361/mode/2up |page=336 |location=London |publisher=Thomas Jones}}</ref> [[Martin de Porres]],<ref>{{harvnb|Guiley|2001|page=228}}</ref> [[María de Ágreda]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Muller |first=Michael |date=1888 |url=http://www.traditionalcatholic.net/Tradition/Information/The_Catholic_Dogma/Chapter-V_Part-II.html#HOW%20ALMIGHTY%20GOD%20LEADS |title=The Catholic Dogma |at=Chapter V, Part II, §8 |publisher= TraditionalCatholic.net |quote=This holy virgin ... appeared, by way of bilocation, to the savages, not less than five hundred times, instructing them in all the truths of our holy religion.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Harris |first=W. R. |date=1919 |url=https://archive.org/details/EssaysInOccultism/page/n83 |title=Essays in Occultism, Spiritism and Demonology |publisher=B. Herder Book Co |page=64}}</ref> [[Alphonsus Liguori]],<ref name=Liguori>{{cite book |last=Tannoja |first=Antonio |date=1855 |url=https://archive.org/details/thelifeofstalpho00tannuoft/page/370 |title=The Life of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori |location=Baltimore |publisher=John Murphy & Co |pages=370–371}}</ref> [[Gerard Majella]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Saint-Omer |first=Edward |date=1907 |url=https://archive.org/details/lifevirtuesandmi00unknuoft/page/160 |title=Life, Virtues, and Miracles of St. Gerard Majella |location=Boston |publisher=Mission Church |pages=160–164}}</ref> and [[Pio of Pietrelcina|Padre Pio]].<ref>{{Cite journal| last= Day| first= Malcolm| title= Blood brother: Padre Pio| url= http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/228/blood_brother_padre_pio.html| journal= Fortean Times| date= September 2002| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090203170134/http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/228/blood_brother_padre_pio.html| archive-date= 2009-02-03}}</ref>

However, some Catholic philosophers disagree as to whether a person can really be physically located in two places at once, or whether the bilocations of the saints only take the form of non-substantial apparitions.<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Bilocation |volume= 2 |last= Siegfried  |first=  Francis P. |short=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Brian |date=28 September 2010 |url=https://catholicism.org/the-miracle-of-bilocation-it-isnt-a-problem-and-happy-feast-day-saint-michael.html |title=The Miracle of Bilocation (It Isn't a Problem) and Happy Feast Day Saint Michael |publisher=Catholicism.org}}</ref>