Case file · High strangeness
The flying friar of Copertino
From around 1630 the Franciscan Joseph of Cupertino was reported by many witnesses, including nobles and clergy, to rise into the air in ecstasy; the Inquisition moved him from friary to friary, ending at Osimo where he died in 1663.
1630 CE · 40.27, 18.05 · status: disputed
The sceptical view
Testimony was collected for his canonisation; there are no controlled observations, and sceptics compare such reports with those of D. D. Home.