What happened to the real St Lucia of Fatima?
Sister Lucia, the last survivor of the three Portuguese shepherd children who told of a series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in the village of Fátima in 1917, died on Sunday in her convent in Coimbra, Portugal. She was 97.
How old was Jacinta Marto when she died?
9 years (1910–1920)Jacinta Marto / Age at death
Who is buried in Fatima?
The coffin was buried in the Basilica next to the sepulchre of Sister Lucia's cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto, the other two children who saw the Virgin. Jacinta died in 1919 and Francisco in 1920 in an influenza pandemic. The two were beatified, the last stage before sainthood, in 2000.
How old was Lucia when Mary appeared to her?
The children were tending a flock of sheep outside the tiny village of Fatima, Portugal, when they first saw the angel. He was transparent, they said, and shining like a crystal. Lucia Abobora, 9, and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, 6 and 7, were stunned.
Was Jacinta's body exhumed?
The cause for the siblings' canonization began in 1946. Exhumed in 1935, Jacinta's face was found to be incorrupt; Francisco's had decomposed. By 1951, when she was again exhumed for her reburial in the Basilica, Jacinta had begun to decompose also.
What does the third letter of Fatima say?
The following is the full text of the "third secret" in its original translation: "I write in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine.
Is Sister Lucia still alive?
February 13, 2005Sister Lúcia / Date of death
Why was Fatima buried at night?
Following her will, Ali buried Fatima secretly at night and hid her burial plot. As reported by al-Tabari ( d. 923), her dying wish was that Abu Bakr should not attend the funeral, and this request was fulfilled by Ali.
How old was Sr Lucia when she died?
97 years (1907–2005)Sister Lúcia / Age at death
What does it mean to consecrate Russia?
The Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a belief in the Roman Catholic Church that a specific act of consecration on the part of the Pope has been required by the Virgin Mary in return for which there would be world peace.
What are the 3 secrets of Lourdes?
According to various Catholic interpretations, the three secrets involve Hell, World War I and World War II, and 20th-century persecutions of Christians.
How many times did Mary appear to Lucia?
In the year of 1916, the three children Lucia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto,who later witnessed the vision of The Blessed Virgin Mary, were visited by an Angel three times whilst out tending their sheep.
Overview
Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, O.C.D., (28 March 1907 – 13 February 2005) also known as Lúcia of Fátima and by her religious name Sister Maria Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, was a Portuguese Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun, one of the three children, along with her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, who claimed to have witnessed Marian apparitions in Fátima in 1…
Early life
Lúcia was the youngest child of António dos Santos and Maria Rosa Ferreira (1869–1942), both from Aljustrel, who married on 19 November 1890. She had six brothers and sisters: Maria dos Anjos (1891–1986), Teresa de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, Manuel Rosa dos Santos (1895-1977), Glória de Jesus Rosa dos Santos (1898–1971), Carolina de Jesus Rosa dos Santos (1902–1992), and M…
Apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima
Between May and October 1917, Lúcia and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto reported visions of a luminous lady, who they believed to be the Virgin Mary, in the Cova da Iria fields outside the hamlet of Aljustrel, near Fátima, Portugal. The children said the visitations took place on the 13th day of each month at approximately noon, for six straight months. The only exception was …
Life in the convent
Lúcia moved to Porto in 1921, and at 14 was admitted as a boarder in the school of the Sisters of St. Dorothy in Vilar, on the city's outskirts. On 24 October 1925, she entered the Institute of the Sisters of St. Dorothy as a postulant in the convent in Pontevedra, Spain, just across the northern Portuguese border. According to Sister Lúcia, on December 10, 1925, she experienced a vision of t…
Writings
Sister Lúcia wrote six memoirs during her lifetime. The first four were written between 1935 and 1941, and the English translation is published under the name Fatima in Lucia's Own Words. The fifth and six memoirs, written in 1989 and 1993, are published in English under the name Fatima in Lucia's Own Words II. These latter books were written in her own handwriting.
An additional book was published in 2001, variously known as Calls from the Message of Fatima
Death
Sister Lúcia had been blind and deaf and ailing for some years prior to her death. She died at the Carmelite convent of Santa Teresa in Coimbra, where she had lived since 1948.
In Portugal, 15 February 2005 was declared a day of national mourning; even campaigning for the national parliamentary election scheduled for Sunday, 20 February, was interrupted. Sister Lúcia was a registered voter (as are all Portuguese citizens), and her polling place visits were covered …
Canonization process
On 13 February 2008 (the third anniversary of her death), Pope Benedict XVI announced that in the case of Sister Lúcia he would waive the five-year waiting period established by ecclesiastical law before opening a cause for beatification. On 13 February 2017, Sister Lúcia was accorded the title Servant of God, as the first major step toward her canonization.
In popular culture
Lúcia is played by Susan Whitney in the 1952 film The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima.
Felipa Fernandes played her in The 13th Day, a straight-to-video feature film produced by Natasha Howes and directed by Dominic and Ian Higgins.
In the 2020 film Fatima, Lúcia is played by Stephanie Gil as the young seer and by Sônia Braga as the adult nun.