Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Virgin in the palm tree, Saut-d'Eau
In the 1840s the Virgin Mary was said to appear in a palm tree near the Saut-d'Eau waterfall in central Haiti. The site became a joint pilgrimage of Catholics and Vodou devotees of Ezili Dantò and Danbala.
1849 CE · 18.82, -72.20 · status: legend
The account
A priest had the tree cut down, which only strengthened the cult. Every July, around the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, thousands bathe in the falls, enter trance and ask for luck and healing. The year shown is the traditional date of the apparition.