Case file · Apparition / miracle
Our Lady of Altagracia, Higüey
A small painting of the Virgin brought to Hispaniola in the early 1500s is said to have vanished repeatedly from a house in Higüey and reappeared in an orange tree, showing where her shrine should be.
1572 CE · 18.61, -68.71 · status: legend
The account
A sanctuary was built by 1572. She is the protector of the Dominican people, and on 21 January hundreds of thousands make the pilgrimage to the modern basilica.