Our Lady of Fátima

Christianity

Our Lady of Fátima, formally Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima, is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus. It is based on Marian apparitions reported by three shepherd children at Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917. The Bishop of Leiria declared the events worthy of belief in 1930. A venerated image was canonically crowned in 1946 and is enshrined at the Chapel of the Apparitions of Fátima.

Associated location: Fátima, Portugal
Reported witnesses: Lúcia dos Santos, Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto
Recognition: Declared worthy of belief on 13 October 1930

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Article: Our Lady of Fátima (English Wikipedia)
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