Was Mary’s appearance to St. James the Greater in year 40 AD an apparition or bilocation?

Tradition has it that the Blessed Virgin Mary, sometime before her bodily Assumption into heaven, appeared to the Apostle St. James the Elder while he was living and preaching in Spain. After Pentecost, the 12 Apostles dispersed to preach the Gospel all over the world. St. James the Greater, on one of his apostolic journeys, preached in the Iberian Peninsula in modern-day Spain. St. James was discouraged that the pagans of that land were not responding to the Gospel and converting to Christianity. He had only a handful of converts to show for his labors. In the face of what he thought was failure in his mission, he prayed with his disciples by the Ebro river in modern day Zaragoza. [The First Marian Apparition in Church History: Our Lady of the Pillar](https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/first-marian-apparition-our-lady-pillar/) ap·pa·ri·tion ˌapəˈriSH(ə)n/ noun noun: apparition; plural noun: apparitions a ghost or ghostlike image of a person. bi·lo·ca·tion ˌbīlōˈkāSHən/ noun noun: bilocation; noun: bi-location the supposed phenomenon of being in two places simultaneously. Understanding the meaning of an apparition, it implies that Mary appears like a"ghost or ghost like image of the person". The year was 40 AD, how can Mary appear like a ghost if she still alive? It would seem that a bilocation is the more acceptable word, like what happens to other well known saints like St.Padre Pio. My question is according to Catholicism, how can Mary appears in a ghostform or like a spiritual being when She is actually still very much alive. The story of the above article somehow implied Mary has a capability to travel in space not common to mortal bodies. I'm looking for Catholic perspective and early Church Father explanation on Mary's apparition gifts while still alive.