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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 ...
Sep 22, 2024 · Our Lady of Fátima, in Roman Catholicism, the title given to the Virgin Mary in her six appearances before three peasant children near the village of Fátima, Portugal, in 1917. Since that revelation, millions of the faithful have made pilgrimages to the site where the woman, commonly called Our Lady of Fátima, is said to have appeared.
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The three children claimed to have been visited by the Virgin Mary six times between May and October 1917. The apparition is now popularly known as Our Lady of Fátima. According to Lúcia, around noon on 13 July 1917, the Virgin Mary entrusted the children with three secrets.
Dec 14, 2021 · The children under 10 years old were blessed with the presence of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus. In Portugal, she is also known as Fátima. The children saw this beautiful woman, dressed in white and standing above a bush. The Virgin Mary told the children that world peace would occur if they spread the godly message of prayer.
May 10, 2017 · Portuguese shepherd children Lucia dos Santos, center, and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, are seen in a file photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima.
May 10, 2023 · May 10, 2023. On May 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary first appeared to three shepherd children, Lúcia dos Santos, Francisco Marto, and Jacinta Marto, at the Cova da Iria outside the village of Aljustrel, near Fatima, Portugal. In the months that followed, the children would see Mary five more times. On the sixth and last appearance, the ...
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Mary identified herself as Our Lady of the Rosary. Some believe that the Fatima apparitions truly began in April — perhaps on April 13 — because sometime before the children saw Our Lady, they were first visited by an angel to prepare them. The three children were named Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta. During her apparitions, Our Lady gave ...