Mary Residing in the Holy of Holies? True history or pious myth?

Do we need to believe this story from the Protoevangelium of James as true history?

The Theotokos Raised in the Temple: Feast of the Entrance, Tradition, Theology, and Historicity

One of the things I learned in Catechism class that bothered me is the story and assertion that Mary in her entrance to the Temple was escorted into the Holy of Holies in the Jerusalem temple. This story, and the stories about Mary’s early life are documented …