MARIAN APPARITION AT FATIMA
Image of Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins, Marian apparition at Fatima By Edward Matulanya Discover Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal (1917), where the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children, inspiring miracles, devotion, and Roman Catholic pilgrimage. 1. Introduction of Marian Apparition at Fatima Our Lady of Fatima (Portugal, 1917), is the Marian apparition to Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto (Vatican News, 2020). It occured Cova da Iria, near Fatima, Portugal. 2. History of the Fatima Apparitions The apparitions occurred in 1917, during a time of great political and social turmoil in Europe, including World War I and political unrest in Portugal (Vatican News, 2020). The seers were three shepherd children: Lúcia dos Santos (10 years old), Francisco Marto (9 years old), and Jacinta Marto (7 years old), living in the village of Aljustrel, near Fatima, Portugal. Sequence of Apparitions 1. First Apparition – May 13, 1917: The children were t...