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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 ...
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.
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Oct 13, 2022 · Miracle of the Sun: why thousands gathered in 1917 to witness a solar vision. When ten-year-old Lúcia dos Santos prophesised in 1917 that the Virgin Mary would visit Earth, she could never have imagined the crowds who would flock to see…. Published: October 13, 2022 at 10:00 AM.
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 ...
May 2, 2013 · The crowds at Fátima wait for a miracle on Oct. 13, 1917. (Image credit: Public domain) The story of a famous miracle in Fátima, Portugal, began in May 1917, when three children (ages 7, 9, and ...
The Miracle of the Sun occurred and was witnessed by all. Here is an eyewitness account from an atheist reporter: “Before the astonished eyes of the crowd, whose aspect was biblical as they stood bare-headed, eagerly searching the sky, the sun trembled, made sudden incredible movements outside all cosmic laws – the sun ‘danced’ according to the typical expression of the people.”
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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 ...