Jacinta and Francisco Marto

Jacinta Marto ( born March 11, 1910 in Aljustrel, now part of Fátima (Portugal ), † February 20, 1920 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese blessed, to have been the witness of a Marian apparition.

Life

She was the youngest child of Manuel Marto († February 3, 1957 ) and Olímpia de Jesus († April 3, 1956 ).

While tending the sheep you shall be published in 1916 together with her brother Francisco Marto and their cousin, Lúcia dos Santos near Fátima (Portugal ) three times an angel. From May 13 to October 13, 1917, the three children Marian apparitions on the 13th of each month ( excluding the month of August, as the children had been kidnapped ) in the Cova da Iria ( German: well of Iria ) at Fatima. According to them, they saw and heard the apparition, but the talks led Lúcia.

In December 1918, she fell ill with the Spanish flu, which led to a purulent pleurisy. Hospitalizations in Vila Nova de Ourém and Lisbon and an operation on February 10, 1920 at her two ribs were removed, brought no cure. According to her, it is Mary appeared several times at the hospital again.

On February 20, 1920 Jacinta died. As the child of a contagious suppurative disease had died, the body was covered with a thick layer of lime. The burial in a tomb, and the use of lime had a delayed decay process result. Jacinta's brother Francisco, who died of the Spanish flu in 1919, was buried in contrast to her in a normal Excavated grave; therefore also his body has decomposed in a short time.

Since 1 May 1951, she is buried in the Basilica of Fatima.

On the occasion of the pilgrimage of Pope John Paul II in Fatima she was beatified on 13 May 2000 together with her brother Francisco. Your Memorial Day in the liturgy is February 20.