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The Sanctuary of Fátima (Portuguese: Santuário de Fátima), also known as Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Santuário de Nossa Senhora de Fátima), is a group of Catholic religious buildings and structures in Cova da Iria, in the civil parish of Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém, in Portugal.
Location of Fátima on the municipality of Ourém Fátima is located in central west Portugal. It borders São Mamede ( Batalha ) and Minde ( Alcanena ) to the southwest, Pedrógão and Chancelaria ( Torres Novas ) in the east, Atouguia and Nossa Senhora das Misericórdias ( Ourém ) to the north and Santa Catarina da Serra e Chainça ( Leiria ...
Diocese of Leiria-Fátima The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary ( Portuguese : Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Rosário ) is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in the Sanctuary of Fátima (Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima ) in Cova da Iria , in the civil parish of Fátima , in the municipality of Ourém in Portugal .
Since the Holy See officially approved of the Fátima events and the messages given to the three shepherd children, the place has become a popular pilgrimage site. The chapel has been expanded, and nearby are two minor basilicas in the Sanctuary of Fátima complex that covers the Cova da Iria. Also on the grounds are luxurious hotels, convents ...
Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima. The Chapel of the Apparitions [1] (Portuguese: Capelinha das Aparições) is a small chapel located in Cova da Iria that was first constructed in 1919, and again in the early 1920s, to mark the exact location where three little shepherd children reported having received the famous apparitions of the ...
A perspective of the church within the perimeter of the Sanctuary of Fátima. A close-up of the church statue/obelisk of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. View from the Basilica's south side. In 1953, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima (Portuguese: Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima) was consecrated. [3]
The knight took Fatima to a small village of the recently created Kingdom of Portugal, in the Serra de Aire hills. The princess fell in love with the Christian knight and decided to become herself a Christian, taking the name of Oureana. After their marriage, the princess received as prize the town which she called Ourém, derived from her own ...
Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima, pronounced [ˈnɔsɐ sɨˈɲɔɾɐ ðɨ ˈfatimɐ]; formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary 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.