El convento de Querétaro que resguarda el árbol de las cruces

The Sanctuary and Convent of the Santísima Cruz de los Milagros in Querétaro preserves a tree with thorns shaped like crosses. According to Franciscan tradition, the tree grew from a staff left in the garden by the missionary Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús following one of his journeys.

Fray Salvador Parra Pérez, a resident of the convent, told Desde la Fe that the story has been passed down orally through generations. He noted that no historical documents have been found to confirm how the tree arrived at the convent or to verify its connection to the missionary.

While other specimens have been grown from cuttings of the original plant, none have developed thorns in the same cross shape.