Miracles of Mary Stories about Precious Stones
By Ajay Donthula and Revanth Manchineella
April 11, 2025
We found stories containing precious gems and stones (e.g., gold, silver, iron, pearls). Although emerald and opal are common stones in Ethiopia today, we found no trace of them, rather only ambiguous mentions of "precious stone."
Saint Basil and the Jewish merchant of Caesarea who stole a golden plate from the church, but later became a Christian
Emperor Arcadius of Constantinople, the golden statue of the Virgin Mary, and the exposition of the Byzantine Patriarch Saint John Chrysostom on Matthew 1:25
Dabra Qwesqwam's builders receive a gift of his earnings from the vinedresser of Manfalut
Pachomius, the greedy bishop of Saint Peter's Church in Rome, who sold the church's anointing oil (Pearl)
Book on Ark of Dersana Seyon: Part 8: The precious stones used in building the Temple.
The poor man from Aragon, Spain, who was buried alive in a gold mine for twelve days and saved when the Virgin Mary brought his wife's offerings of bread, wine, and a candle (Gold)
A young novice, after completing a year in the monastery, was encouraged by the Virgin Mary to persevere in his vocation (emerald)
Book of Nagara Maryam: Month A: Part 08: The Virgin Mary blesses King Damatyanos, who offers his kingdom to her but she decides to return to her country
Book of Nagara Maryam: OldE: Part 02: Journey: Saint Gabriel tells the Virgin Mary to return from the mountains of Lebanon to Bethlehem
The rich knight who tried to gain a woman's love through gifts and was advised by an abbot to pray to the Virgin Mary instead (Gold)
A European man, lame due to a stone foot, is healed by praying in front of the icon of the Virgin Mary (Gems)
The daughter of the rich man from Caesarea who could not deliver her baby and almost died until taken to the church of the Virgin Mary (Gold, Silver)
A Muslim woman who entrusted her jewels to a Christian woman for safekeeping and converted after Mary revealed that the Christian woman had lied when she said they had been stolen
A Cappadocian official's beloved son who died but was raised from the dead when he was carried to the icon of the Virgin Mary (Pearls)
The poor man from Aragon, Spain, who was buried alive in a gold mine for twelve days and saved when the Virgin Mary brought his wife's offerings of bread, wine, and a candle
A woman is traveling to the king and is robbed of all her possessions and jewelry, but an official returns her stolen possessions from the thieves
A young woman keeps twenty dinar of gold and silver in a tanned leather pouch, but a dog eats it and then vomits it back up
King Dawit I, (1382- 1413) Ethiopian monarch, and the miracle concerning the golden ink during his reign
A wealthy man to whom the Virgin Mary appeared in the form of a bird to save the countryside from pestilence. (Gold)
Gabra Maryam receives a golden throne from the Virgin Mary
Emperor Arcadius of Constantinople, the golden statue of the Virgin Mary, and the exposition of the Byzantine Patriarch Saint John Chrysostom on Matthew 1:25
