"Mary" superimposed on its Hebrew source מרים (Miryam/Miriam).
Date: 14 July 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jayarathina.
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The Miracle Of The Sun,
Fatima, Portugal,
13 October 1917.
Available on YouTube at
The Account Given By Sister Lucy Of The Events At Fatima on 13 October 2017
can be read at CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE
the three children
to whom The Virgin Mary appeared at Fátima, Portugal, 13 October 1917.
Source: http://www.santuario-fatima.pt
in Ilustração Portuguesa no. 610, 29 October 1917
Author: Attributed to Joshua Benoliel (1873–1932).
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Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima), formally known as Our Lady of The Holy Rosary of Fátima, is a Catholic Title of The Blessed Virgin Mary based on the famed Marian Apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria, in Fátima, Portugal. The three children were Lúcia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto.
Bishop José da Silva declared the Miracle worthy of belief on 13 October 1930, officially permitting Devotion within The Catholic Church. The event is Commemorated each year on that same date.
On 13 May 1946, Pope Pius XII granted a Canonical Coronation to the venerated image, enshrined at The Chapel of The Apparitions of Fátima, via his Apostolic Legate, Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella. On 11 November 1954, the same Pontiff later raised The Sanctuary of Fátima to the status of Minor Basilica by his Papal Brief "Lucer Superna".
The published Memoirs of Lúcia Santos, in the 1930s, revealed two Secrets that she claimed came from The Virgin, while the third Secret was to be revealed by The Catholic Church in 1960.
The published Memoirs of Lúcia Santos, in the 1930s, revealed two Secrets that she claimed came from The Virgin, while the third Secret was to be revealed by The Catholic Church in 1960.
The controversial events at Fátima gained fame due partly to elements of the Secrets, Prophecy and Eschatological Revelations allegedly related to The Second World War and possibly more global Wars in the future, particularly The Virgin's request for The Consecration of Russia to The Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried during a candlelit Procession at
The Holy Shrine of Fatima, Portugal, in 2011. (Francisco Leong/AFP/Getty Images)
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