Biddy and the Silver Man
Author: first_name: Harlan
last_name: Ellison
Language: English
Year: 1956

A man came out of the sky and they took him and hanged him from the nearest tree thinking that they lynched a devil. But perhaps they crucified a saint instead—there in the beauty of the desert. And what place could be more worthy of being called a second Calvary? - Summary by Fantastic, February 1957