Igreja Matriz de Fátima - Portugal (21418731630)

Igreja Matriz de Fátima - Portugal (22095787883)

The Parish Church of Fátima, also known as Parish Church of Fátima and of the Little ShepherdsParish Church of Fátima and of the Little Shepherds
in Sanctuary of Fátima. or Mother Church of Fátima, is located in the civil parish of Fátima, municipality of

Ourém Ourém (), formerly known as Vila Nova de Ourém, is a municipality in the district of Santarém in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 45,932, in an area of 416.68 km2. The municipality of Ourém contains two cities: Ourém (about 12,000 r ...

, in the

district of Santarém A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

, province of Beira Litoral, Central region and Middle Tagus sub-region, in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

History

This Catholic parish church of the Serra de Aire region, currently integrated in the civil parish and city of Fátima, has as its patron saint ''Our Lady of the Pleasures'' and was spun off from the Collegiate of Ourém in the year 1568. In its vicinity there are the places of

Aljustrel Aljustrel () is a town and a municipality in the Portuguese district of Beja. The population in 2011 was 9,257, in an area of 458.47 km2. The present mayor is Nelson Domingos Brito, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Jun ...

Cova da Iria Cova da Iria is a quarter in the city and civil parish of Fátima, Santarém District, Portugal. Several of the reported Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima witnessed by the three small children-shepherds of Fátima in 1917 took place h ...

and

Valinhos Valinhos () is a municipality (''município'') in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the birthplace of Adoniran Barbosa. Valinhos is famous for its purple fig, the theme of its annual Fig Fest. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campina ...

. As a parish jurisdiction it has, in the village of Moita Redonda, a chapel in honor of

Saint Lucy Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia ( la, Sancta Lucia) better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ...

, built in 1604; in Boleiros village, a chapel in honor of

Saint Barbara Saint Barbara ( grc, Ἁγία Βαρβάρα; cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ; ; ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early Christianity, early Christian Lebanese and Greek saint and martyr. Acc ...

, built in 1607; another chapel in Montelo village, in honor of Our Lady of Life, built in 1604; in Poço do Soudo, a chapel in honor of Saint Anthony; an old and very devoted Marian shrine in Ortiga, in honor of Our Lady of Ortiga, and in the village of Maxieira a chapel in honor of

Saint Peter Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...

and

Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, is a Marian title. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Roma ...

. It was the place of baptism of the three little shepherds of Fátima, who became world known due to the

apparitions Apparition may refer to: Supernatural *Apparitional experience, an anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience * A vision, something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy *Ghost, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear ...

of the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

Architecture

Igreja Matriz de Fátima - Portugal (16905030795)

The Parish Church of Fátima was almost always under construction: it went from a single nave to three, in 1915, a work completed by Father Agostinho in 1925. In 1956, some more modifications were made to the building, as some columns were removed. Finally, in the year 2000, in the year of the

beatification Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their nam ...

of the little shepherds

Francisco and Jacinta Marto Francisco de Jesus Marto (11 June 1908 – 4 April 1919) and Jacinta de Jesus Marto (11 March 1910 – 20 February 1920) were siblings from Aljustrel, a small hamlet near Fátima, Portugal, who with their cousin Lúcia dos Santos (1907– ...

, the church saw its most recent renovation and which is preserved into the present.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parish Church of Fatima Catholic pilgrimage sites Buildings and structures in Ourém Our Lady of Fátima

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