Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Virgin's Tree at Matariya
The Arabic Infancy Gospel says the Holy Family rested under a sycamore at Matariya near Heliopolis, where Jesus made a spring flow and balsam grew where Mary washed his clothes.
600 CE · 30.13, 31.31 · status: legend
The account
Medieval pilgrims of all faiths visited the tree and the balsam garden. The present tree was planted in 1672 from an earlier one.