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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Cupertino
TIL about Joseph of Cupertino, a Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian saint. He was prone to miraculous levitation. He was deemed disruptive by his superiors and church authorities, however, and eventually was confined to a small cell, forbidden from joining in any public gatherings.
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Makes me wonder if he started that simple levitation trick that anyone can do lol
From the Wikipedia page:
> Skeptical investigator Joe Nickell concluded that: Joseph’s most dramatic aerial traverses were launched by a leap—not by a simple slow rising while merely standing or kneeling—but, moreover, I find that they appear to have continued as just the sudden arcing trajectories that would be expected from bounding. They were never circuitous or spiraling flights like a bird’s. Invariably, Joseph’s propulsions began with a shout or scream, suggesting that he was not caused to leap by some force but chose to.
Hey Joe, quit floating around like that! Totally reasonable and true.
He was always getting high.
I thought this was Padre Pio lane?
The human equivalent of Rudolph.
Even back then, you couldn’t get high.