Padre Pio and bilocation: a mystery of the saint

Bilocation can be defined as the simultaneous presence of a person in two different places. Numerous testimonies connected to the Christian religious tradition report bilocation events attributed to numerous Saints. Padre Pio has been seen in bilocation on numerous occasions. Some testimonials are reported below.

Mrs. Maria, the spiritual daughter of Padre Pio, said on this topic that her brother, one evening, while praying, was struck by a stroke of sleep, suddenly received a slap on the right cheek and had the impression of feeling that the hand that it hit him was covered with a half glove. He immediately thought of Padre Pio and the next day asked if it was he who had hit him: "So you send sleep away when you pray?" Replied Padre Pio. It had been Padre Pio who in bilocation had "awakened" the praying person's attention.

A former army officer entered the sacristy one day and looking at Padre Pio said "Yes, it's him, I'm not mistaken." He approached, fell to his knees and crying he repeated - Father thank you for saving me from death. Then the man told the audience: "I was an infantry captain and one day, on the battlefield, in a terrible hour of fire, not far from me I saw a friar, pale and with expressive eyes, said:" Mister Captain, get away from that place "- I went to him and, before I even arrived, on the place where I was before, a grenade exploded which opened a chasm. I turned to the little brother, but he was gone. " Padre Pio in bilocation had saved his life.

Father Alberto, who met Padre Pio in 1917, said: “I saw Padre Pio speaking at the FOTO16.jpg (5587 byte) window with his gaze on the mountain. I went over to kiss their hand but he didn't notice my presence and I had the feeling that his hand was stiff. At that moment I heard him acquiring the absolution formula very clearly. After a moment the father shook himself as if from a slumber. Turning to me, he said to me, "Are you here? I hadn't noticed." A few days later a telegram of thanks arrived from Turin to Father Superior for sending Padre Pio to assist a dying man. From the telegram it was possible to guess that the dying man was expiring at the moment when the Father in San Giovanni Rotondo pronounced the words of acquittal. Obviously the Superior had not sent Padre Pio to the dying man but Padre Pio had gone there in bilocation.