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Valinhos is a countryside place on the outskirts of

Fátima, Portugal Fátima () is a city in the municipality of Ourém and district of Santarém in the Central Region of Portugal, with 71.29 km2 of area and 13,212 inhabitants (2021). The homonymous civil parish encompasses several villages and localities of ...

. This place became famous for the 19 August 1917 apparition of Our Lady of Fátima and by the 1st and 3rd apparitions of the

Guardian Angel of Portugal The Angel of Portugal ( pt, Anjo de Portugal), also referred to as the Guardian Angel of Portugal (''Anjo da Guarda de Portugal''), the Holy Guardian Angel of Portugal (''Santo Anjo da Guarda de Portugal''), the Custodian Angel (''Anjo Custódio'' ...

(also named ''the Angel of Peace''). As such, it is a popular site for religious tourism.

Points of Interest

In Valinhos, there are points of interest such as the ''Via Sacra'' or ''Caminho dos Pastorinhos'' (path of the little shepherds), which takes pilgrims along 14 chapels that represent the different stations of the Way of the Cross. The Via Sacra begins at Rotunda Sul and ends at the Hungarian Calvary (Calvário Húngaro), where there is a chapel dedicated to

St. Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

. 14 of the 15 stations were donated by

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. Between the 8th and 9th station of the ''Via Sacra'', there is the place where the fourth apparition of Our Lady, on August 19, 1917, is said to have occurred. The ''Loca do Anjo'' is the place where the apparitions of the Angel to the visionaries are said to have taken place; a sculpture now marks the spot.

Guardian Angel of Portugal

The Guardian Angel of Portugal ( pt, Anjo da Guarda de Portugal) is also referred to as the Angel of Portugal (''Anjo de Portugal''), the Holy Guardian Angel of Portugal (''Santo Anjo da Guarda de Portugal''), the Custodian Angel (''Anjo Custódio'') or the Angel of Peace (''Anjo da Paz''). Portugal celebrates the feast of "the Angel of Portugal" on June 10. Construction began on

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in 1386. The east wall of the chapel had an altar dedicated to the

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of Portugal. In 1504, by request of King

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, Pope

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created the feast of the Custodian Angel of the Kingdom (''Anjo Custódio do Reino''), whose cult would already be ancient in Portugal. Devotion to the Guardian Angel of Portugal almost disappeared after the 17th century but was restored in 1952, being inserted into the Portuguese Liturgical Calendar by

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Apparitions, 1916

In her ''Memoirs'', the Portuguese Carmelite nun

Sister Lúcia Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, OCD, (28 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 Portuguese Catholic Discalced Carmelite ...

, seer of

Our Lady of Fátima Our Lady of Fátima ( pt, 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 Cov ...

, tells that, between April and October, 1916, an angel appeared three times to her and to

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– ...

, in

, inviting them to prayer and penitence. The angel identified himself as "the Angel of Peace" and "your country s... Angel Guardian, the Angel of Portugal." The children said the Angel of Peace taught them two prayers, the Theological Prayer and the Trinitarian Prayer.

Points of Interest

Guardian Angel of Portugal

Apparitions, 1916

See also