Our Lady of Fátima

Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima, 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. The three children were Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. The bishop of Leiria, José Alves Correia da Silva declared the events worthy of belief on 13 October 1930.Pope Pius XII granted a Pontifical decree of canonical coronation via the papal bull Celeberrima Solemnia towards the venerated image on 25 April 1946. The designated Papal legate, Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella executed the coronation on 13 May 1946, now permanently enshrined at the Chapel of the Apparitions of Fátima. The same Pontiff raised the Sanctuary of Fátima to the status of a minor basilica by his Apostolic letter Luce Superna on 11 November 1954.