Case file · Apparition / miracle
Saint Paul's shipwreck and the viper
Acts of the Apostles (ch. 28) says Paul was shipwrecked on Malta around AD 60, shook off a viper unharmed and healed the father of the governor Publius. St Paul's Islands mark the traditional spot.
60 CE · 35.97, 14.40 · status: legend
The sceptical view
Malta has no venomous snakes today; scholars debate whether the wreck happened on Malta at all.