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
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
Page from Ilustração Portuguesa, 29 October 1917, showing the people looking at the Sun during the Fátima apparitions attributed to the Virgin Mary
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
Our Lady of Fátima
…came from the Virgin Mary, while the third secret was to be revealed by the Catholic Church in 1960. The controversial events at Fátima, including the Miracle of the Sun, gained fame due partly to elements of the secrets, prophecy and eschatological revelations allegedly related to the Second World War and possibly more…
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