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Page from Ilustração Portuguesa, 29 October 1917, showing the people looking at the Sun during the Fátima apparitions attributed to the Virgin Mary. The Miracle of the Sun (Portuguese: Milagre do Sol), also known as the Miracle of Fátima, is a series of events reported to have occurred miraculously on 13 October 1917, attended by a large crowd who had gathered in Fátima, Portugal, in ...
Feast day. 13 May. Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima, pronounced [ˈnɔsɐ sɨˈɲɔɾɐ ðɨ ˈfatimɐ]; formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima) is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima ...
4 days ago · The 100th Anniversary of Fatima on Oct. 13 highlights must-know-and-do messages behind the Miracle. Joseph Pronechen, October 13, 2017. We’re heard much about the Miracle of the Sun, thanks be to God, that startled 70,000-plus people at the Cova da Iria 100 years ago on Oct. 13. Instead of repeating basic details of the Miracle that Our Lady ...
Sep 22, 2024 · Catholicism was on the way to becoming Roman Catholic. Our Lady of Fatima is the title given to the Virgin Mary in her six appearances before three peasant children near the village of Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Fatima became the location of one of the most famous Marian shrines in the world, visited by thousands of pilgrims each year.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 12, 2024 · The Fatima appearances ended Oct. 13, 1917, with the “miracle of the sun,” an event witnessed by at least 30,000 people, where the sun appeared to detach itself from its place and careen ...
May 8, 2017 · On July 13, Mary revealed what has been come to be known as the "Great Secret" of Fatima, a secret that Lucia divided into three parts and slowly revealed to the public over time. Two parts of the ...
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Sixth Apparition (October 13, 1917) During the night of 12-13 October it had rained throughout, soaking the ground and the pilgrims who make their way to Fátima from all directions by the thousands. By foot, by cart and even by car they came, entering the bowl of the Cova from the Fátima-Leiria road, which today still passes in front of the ...