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Sister Lúcia
Portuguese nun, one of the three children who have witnessed Marian apparitions in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917
The Vatican record
- 22 June 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, OCD, (22 March 1907 – 13 February 2005) also known as Lúcia of Fátima and by her religious name Maria Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, was a Discalced Carmelite from Portugal. Sister Lúcia and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto claimed to have witnessed the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima in 1917. Her beatification process was opened in 2017. In 2023, she was declared venerable.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Jacinta Marto Saint“Sister Lúcia and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto claimed to have witnessed the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima in 1917.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q231103 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sister Lúcia (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.