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Saint Jacinta Marto

Jacinta de Jesus Marto (11 March 1910 – 20 February 1920)

Two years younger than Francisco, Jacinta charmed all who knew her. She was pretty and energetic, and had a natural grace of movement.

Two years younger than Francisco, Jacinta charmed all who knew her. She was pretty and energetic, and had a natural grace of movement. She loved to dance, and was sorry when their priest condemned dancing in public. Sometimes willful, she would pout when she did not get her way. She took a special delight in flowers, gathering them by the armful and making garlands for Lucia. At a First Communion, she was among the little “angels” spreading petals before the Blessed Sacrament. She had a marked love for Our Lord, and at the age of five she melted in tears on hearing the account of His Passion, vowing that she would never sin or offend Him anymore.

She had many friends, but above all she loved her cousin Lucia, and was jealous of her time and attention. When Lucia, at the age of ten, became unavailable for play, being sent by her parents to pasture their she

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Francisco and Jacinta Marto

Portuguese visionaries and Roman Catholic saints

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Jesus and the second or paternal family name is Marto.

Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto
Photograph of Francisco and Jacinta taken by Joshua Benoliel, c. October 1917
Born	Francisco: (1908-06-11)11 June 1908 Jacinta: (1910-03-05)5 March 1910 Aljustrel, Fátima, Ourém, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	Francisco: 4 April 1919(1919-04-04) (aged 10) Aljustrel, Fátima, Portugal Jacinta: 20 February 1920(1920-02-20) (aged 9) Queen Stephanie's Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	13 May 2000, Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fátima, Portugal by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	13 May 2017, Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fátima, Portugal by Pope Francis
Major shrine	Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fátima, Portugal
Feast	20 February

Francisco de Jesus Marto (11 June 1908 – 4 April 1919) and Jacinta de Jesus Marto (5 March 1910^&

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FRANCISCO AND JACINTA MARTO

FRANCISCO AND JACINTA MARTO

LOR

Three shepherd children saw and spoke with Our Lady, who asked them to pray and do penance for conversion of sinners

The apparitions

On 13 May 1917 three shepherd children of Aljustrel, a village near Fatima, Portugal, were tending a small flock at the nearby Cova da Iria (in today's Diocese of Leiria-Fatima). They were Lucia de Jesus, aged 10, and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged 9 and 7.

At about noon, after reciting the Rosary as they usually did, they started building a little house with stones. The basilica stands in this place today. Suddenly they saw a great light. Thinking that it was lightning, they decided to leave, but another flash lit up the clearing, and above a small holm oak (today the site of the Chapel of the Apparitions) they saw a "Lady brighter than the sun", from whose hands hung a white rosary.

The Lady told them that they should pray frequently and invited them to return to the Cova da Iria for five consecutive months on the 13th day. The children did so, and on 13 June