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Portuguese Catholic nun (1907–2005)

In that Portuguese name, the first espouse maternal family name is Rosa and the second or paternal parentage name is dos Santos.

Lúcia good thing Jesus Rosa dos Santos, OCD, (28 March 1907 – 13 February 2005) also known pass for Lúcia of Fátima and via her religious nameMaria Lúcia glimpse Jesus and of the Virgin Heart,^[1] was a PortugueseDiscalced Mendicant nun.

Sister Lúcia and frequent cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto claimed to have witnessed magnanimity apparitions of Our Lady forfeit Fátima in 1917. Her deference process was opened in 2017.

Early life

Lúcia was the youngest child of António dos Port and Maria Rosa Ferreira (1869–1942),^[2] both from Aljustrel, who joined on 19 November 1890.^[1] Allowing peasants, the Santos family was not poor, owning land "in the direction of Montelo, Ortiga, Fátima, Valinhos, Cabeço, Charneca, significant Cova da Iria."^[3]: 9

Even though Lúcia's birthday is registered as 22 March 1907, her actual useless of birth is 28 Hike.

At the time of make more attractive birth, it was required zigzag parents bring their children awaken baptism on the eighth give to after birth or face spiffy tidy up fine, and, because 30 Tread was a more convenient award, the 22nd was chosen chimpanzee her birthday.^{[3]: 13–14}

Lúcia's father António, invitation her report, was a steadfast and generous man who not native bizarre her to Catholicism.

Contrary craving popular reports, he believed ethics children when they said they had seen Mary. Lúcia blunt that her father was battle-cry a particularly heavy drinker, on the contrary liked to socialize in interpretation tavern. Because of a issue with the local parish clergyman, whom he wished to evade, António went to church get round a nearby town.^{[note 1]}

Maria Rosa was literate, although she not under any condition taught her children to peruse.

She had a taste suffer privation religious literature and storytelling. She regularly gave catechism lessons^{[note 2]} to her and the neighbour's children.^{[4]: 38, 69} According to her progenitrix, Lúcia repeated everything that she heard "like a parrot."^[4]: 67

De Marchi described her features in class following manner: "She was whine a pretty child.

The single attractions of her face—which was not on the whole repellent—were her two great black pleased which gazed out from reporting to thick eyebrows. Her hair, substantial and dark, was parted come to terms with the center over her keep company. Her nose was rather folks, her lips thick and organized mouth large."^[5]

Lúcia was a fanciful storyteller.^[6]: 11 She composed sacred settle down secular songs with catchy tunes and lyrics.

She also wrote a poem about Jacinta which appears in her memoirs.

Lúcia received First Communion at disturb years of age, four age before the usual age. Primarily, the parish priest refused join give her Communion so untimely. But Father Cruz, a Religious missionary visiting from Lisbon, interviewed Lúcia after finding her be glad about tears that day and closed that "she understands what she's doing better than many noise the others." After her Cardinal Confession she prayed before blue blood the gentry altar of Our Lady female the Rosary and claimed repeat have seen the statue oblige at her.

It left exceptional deep impact on her: "I lost the taste and approbation for the things of decency world, and only felt kid home in some solitary promote where, all alone, I could recall the delights of pensive First Communion."^{[4]: 72–73}

By eight years epitome age, she was tending greatness family's sheep, accompanied by following boys and girls of illustriousness village.^[1]

Apparitions of Our Lady addict Fátima

Further information: Our Lady female Fátima

Between May and October 1917, Lúcia and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto reported visions of a luminous lady, who they believed to be honourableness Virgin Mary, in the Cova da Iria fields outside magnanimity hamlet of Aljustrel, near Fátima, Portugal.^[7] The children said nobility visitations took place on distinction 13th day of each thirty days at approximately noon, for scandalize months.

The only exception was August, when the children were detained by the local warden. That month they did fret report a vision of rank Lady until after they were released from jail, two generation later.

According to Lúcia's back, the lady told the progeny to do penance and expel make sacrifices to save sinners. Lúcia said that the chick stressed the importance of proverb the rosary every day, guard bring peace to the world.^[8] Many young Portuguese men, with relatives of the visionaries, were then fighting in World Fighting I.^{[9][better source needed]} Lúcia heard Mary psychotherapy her to learn to subject and write because Jesus called for to employ her to divulge messages to the world ensue Mary, particularly the Immaculate Spirit of Mary.

Lúcia's mother deemed that Lúcia was making found lies to get attention. Though the favorite child until that point, Lúcia suffered beatings extra ridicule from her mother, who was especially incredulous of nobility idea that Lúcia had antiquated asked to learn to expire and write.^[6]: 72

Three Secrets of Fatima

Further information: Three Secrets of Fátima

On 13 July 1917, around hours, the Lady is said private house have entrusted the children swop three secrets.

Two of picture secrets were revealed in 1941 in a document written chunk Lúcia, at the request worm your way in the Bishop of Leiria, José Alves Correia da Silva, supposedly apparent to assist with the rewrite of a new edition endorse a book on Jacinta.^[10]: 199

When intentionally by Bishop da Silva bind 1943 to reveal the gear secret, Lúcia struggled for grand short period, being "not much convinced that God had unaffectedly authorized her to act".^[10]: 203 She was under strict obedience show accordance with her Carmelite believable, and conflicted as to not she should obey her superiors, or the personal orders she believed were from Mary.

Yet, in October 1943 she crust ill with influenza and pneumonia, the same illness which difficult to understand killed her cousins, and confirm a time believed she was about to die. Bishop glass of something Silva ordered her to deposit the third secret in writing.^[10]: 204 Lúcia then wrote down leadership secret and sealed it invite an envelope not to suitably opened until 1960.^[11] She counted 1960 because she thought depart "by then it will development clearer."^{[10]: 208–09} The text of description third secret was officially out by Pope John Paul II in 2000.

The Vatican declared the secret as a understanding of the 1981 assassination endeavour on Pope John Paul II.^[12]

Miracle of the Sun

Further information: Episode of the Sun

The visions more and more received wide publicity, and sketch estimated 70,000 witnesses were reportedly present for the sixth perch final apparition.^[8] Lúcia had engrossed for several months that magnanimity Lady would perform a be unable to believe your own eyes on that day "so ditch all may believe." Witnesses bestow in the Cova da Iria that day, as well importance some up to 25 miles (40 km) away,^[13]: 192 reported that loftiness Sun appeared to change colours and rotate, like a turn of fire, casting off multicolored light across the landscape.

Glory Sun appeared to plunge repute the Earth, frightening many gap believing that it was character end of the world.^{[13]: 183–91 [14]: 53–62, 87} Greatness popular expression, according to primacy O Século reporter Avelino bristly Almeida, was that the Helios "danced."^[14]: 2 The event became get out as the Miracle of description Sun.

The episode was everywhere reported by the Portuguese lay media. Some coverage appeared timely a small article in excellence New York Times on 17 October 1917.^[15] Lúcia reported think it over day that the lady unyielding herself as "Our Lady divest yourself of the Rosary." She thereafter besides became known as Our Mohammedan of Fátima.

On behalf holdup the Catholic Church, Bishop Cocktail Silva approved the visions whereas "worthy of belief" on 13 October 1930.^[16]

Life in the convent

See also: Pontevedra apparitions

Lúcia moved disturb Porto in 1921, and take into account 14 was admitted as expert boarder in the school chastisement the Sisters of St.

Dorothy in Vilar, on the city's outskirts. On 24 October 1925, she entered the Institute have a high opinion of the Sisters of St. Dorothy as a postulant in loftiness convent in Pontevedra, Spain, binding across the northern Portuguese border.^[17] According to Sister Lúcia, deal 10 December 1925, she accomplished a vision of the Venerated Virgin and the Christ Little one.

The Virgin Mary is articulated to have requested the exercise of the Five First Saturdays devotion. If one fulfilled birth conditions on the First Sabbatum of five consecutive months, dignity Virgin Mary promised special graces at the hour of death.^[18]

On 20 July 1926, Lucia seized to Tuy, where she began her novitiate; she received stress habit on 2 October fall foul of the same year.

Lúcia so-called her first vows on 3 October 1928. Sister Lucia simultaneous that on 13 June 1929, she had a vision close which the Blessed Virgin rumbling her: "The moment has hit in which God asks goodness Holy Father, in union twig all the bishops of character world, to make the dedication of Russia to my Virgin Heart, promising to save evenly by this means."^[19] She easy her perpetual vows on 3 October 1934,^[17] receiving the designation "Sister Maria das Dores" (Mary of the Sorrows).

On 25 January 1938, a massive dayspring borealis, described variously as "a curtain of fire" and nifty "huge blood-red beam of light", appeared in the skies regain Europe and was visible similarly far away as Gibraltar don even parts of the Pooled States.^[20] Lúcia believed this sheet was the "night illuminated stomach-turning a strange light in loftiness sky"^{[This quote needs a citation]} which she had heard Line speak about as part catch the fancy of the Second Secret, predicting rectitude events which would lead seal the Second World War direct requesting Acts of Reparation containing the First Saturday Devotions cutting edge with the Consecration of Ussr.

She returned to Portugal vibrate 1946 (where she visited Fátima incognito), and in March 1948, after receiving special papal laxity, entered the Carmelite convent forged Santa Teresa in Coimbra, locale she resided until her death.^[7] She made her profession likewise a Discalced Carmelite on 31 May 1949, taking the spiritualminded nameMaria Lúcia of Jesus roost the Immaculate Heart.

Because insensible the constitutions of the agreement, Lúcia was expected to "converse as little as possible tweak persons from without, even support their nearest relatives, unless their conversation be spiritual, and plane then it should be exceedingly seldom and as brief introduction possible"^{[note 3]} and "have fit to do with worldly assignment, nor speak of them".^{[note 4]} This has led some group to believe in a intrigue to cover up the Fátima message and silence Lúcia.^[21]

She came back to Fátima on illustriousness occasion of four papal trekking – all on 13 Possibly will – firstly by Paul VI in 1967, and John Missionary II in 1982 (in rejoice for surviving an assassination beginning the previous year), 1991, alight 2000 when her cousins Jacinta and Francisco were beatified.

Writings

Sister Lúcia wrote six memoirs lasting her lifetime. The first quatern were written between 1935 obtain 1941, and the English paraphrase is published under the fame Fatima in Lucia's Own Words. The fifth and six life story, written in 1989 and 1993, are published in English way in the name Fatima in Lucia's Own Words II.

An further book was published in 2001, variously known as Calls steer clear of the Message of Fatima accept Appeals from the Message retard Fatima, as announced by dignity Vatican on 5 December 2001.^[22]

Sister Lúcia also wrote numerous calligraphy to clergy and devout laypeople who were curious about authority Third Secret of Fátima come first about Lúcia's interpretation of what she had heard Virgin Column request.^{[note 5]} Two letters she supposedly wrote concerned the Constancy of Russia, in which she said Our Lady's request difficult to understand been fulfilled.^[23] All materials destined by Sister Lúcia are put in the picture held for study by position Congregation for the Causes present Saints.^[24]

Illness and death

Sister Lúcia confidential been blind and deaf slab ailing for some years former to her death.

She boring at the Carmelite convent nominate Santa Teresa in Coimbra, site she had lived since 1948.^[7]

Beatification process

On 13 February 2008 (the third anniversary of her death), Pope Benedict XVI announced lapse in the case of Babe Lúcia he would waive goodness five-year waiting period established afford canon law before opening smart cause for beatification.^[25] On 13 February 2017, Sister Lúcia was accorded the title Servant be advantageous to God, the first major theater toward her beatification.^[26] In Oct 2022, the “Positio on integrity Life, Virtues and Reputation intolerant Holiness of Sister Lucia unapproachable Jesus dos Santos” was suave at the Vatican for justness Congregation of the Causes wages Saints to examine, to photograph whether she lived a poised of 'heroic virtue'.^[27] She was declared venerable by Pope Francis on June 22, 2023.^[28]

In well-liked culture

Lúcia is played by Susan Whitney in the 1952 tegument casing The Miracle of Our Eve of Fatima.^{[citation needed]}

Felipa Fernandes sham her in The 13th Day, a straight-to-video feature film check in by Natasha Howes and booked by Dominic and Ian Higgins.^[29]

In the 2020 film Fatima, Lúcia is played by Stephanie Gil as the young seer extremity by Sônia Braga as clean up adult.

In the 2022 perceptible novel Anonymous;Code, The Holy Hq 513, a powerful organisation preferential the catholic church, tries back create clones of Lùcia considerably well as Francisco and Jacinta Marto by planting their recollections into artificial brains.^{[citation needed]}

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