Saint Benedict Levitating (Steven Rodgers), 2020, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in. / 182.88 x 121.92 cm.

Saint Benedict Levitating (Steven Rodgers), Gary Westford, 2020, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in. / 182.88 x 121.92 cm.

Saint Benedict (patron saint of the homeless) levitates above a jetliner. He lived in poverty, ministering to the homeless. He had visions when contemplating the Crown of Thorns. It is said that during these states he would levitate or bilocate. Steven Rodgers is blind and homeless in Salem, Oregon.