Case file · Apparition / miracle
Saint Michael on Monte Gargano
According to the 8th-century 'Liber de apparitione', the archangel Michael appeared in a cave on Monte Gargano in 490, beginning one of Europe's oldest pilgrimages, the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo.
490 CE · 41.71, 15.96 · status: legend
The sceptical view
The narrative is a foundation legend written down centuries after the date it gives.