What Did Lucia See?

Lucia dos Santos, in full Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, original name Lucia Abobora, also called Sister Lucia, (born March 22, 1907, Aljustrel, Portugal—died February 13, 2005, Coimbra), Portuguese shepherd girl, later a Carmelite nun, who claimed she saw visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917 at Fátima, Portugal, which ...

Is Lucia de Jesus a saint?

The two Marto siblings died two years after the visions during the Spanish Flu pandemic in Europe. Lucia, who became a nun, died recently in 2005. She is being considered for possible beatification, but the process could only start five years after her death and has yet to be concluded.

How did Lucia describe Mary?

Lucia described seeing the lady as “brighter than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal glass filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning rays of the sun.” According to Lucia's account, the lady confided to the children three secrets, known as the Three Secrets of ...