Discover Bethlehem’s Milk Grotto and its chalky white soil, a medieval Christian relic linked to the Virgin Mary’s milk and used in devotion, healing, fertility, and pilgrimage traditions across Europe.
Source: https://www.medievalists.net/2025/12/bethlehems-christmas-relic-the-chalky-soil-of-the-milk-grotto/
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