Miracle of the Sun
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The Miracle of the Sun, 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, Port
Page from Ilustração Portuguesa, 29 October 1917, showing the people looking at the Sun during the Fátima apparitions attributed to the Virgin Mary
The crowd at Cova da Iria looking towards the Sun on 13 October 1917
Part of the crowd looking at the Sun during the event
A parhelion in rainbow colors, photographed in 2005
Our Lady of Fátima
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Our Lady 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, Portugal. The three children
Miracle of the Sun
…to a prophecy made by three shepherd children, Lúcia Santos and Francisco and Jacinta Marto. The prophecy was that the Virgin Mary (referred to as Our Lady of Fátima) would appear and perform miracles on that date. Newspapers published testimony from witnesses who said that they had seen extraordinary solar activity…
The canonically crowned image enshrined within the Chapel of the Apparitions
Lúcia dos Santos (left) with her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, 1917
The Parish Church of Fátima where the three shepherd children who saw the apparition were baptized