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CASE #R5MYQ5 · 2 entities · 1 connections
The Miracle of the Sun
Tens of thousands of people, including skeptical journalists sent specifically to debunk it, gathered in a Portuguese field in 1917 after three shepherd children predicted the sky itself would do something on that exact date — and something happened.
On October 13, 1917, an estimated 30,000 to 100,000 people gathered in Fátima, Portugal, after three shepherd children claimed the Virgin Mary had predicted a miracle would occur on that date. Numerous witnesses, including journalists from secular and anti-clerical newspapers sent specifically to discredit the claim, reported witnessing the sun appear to dance, change color, and move erratically in the sky.
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Quick facts
- →Three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal — Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto — reported beginning in May 1917 that the Virgin Mary was appearing to them and had promised a miracle on October 13, 1917.
- →An estimated 30,000 to 100,000 people, including many skeptics and journalists from secular and explicitly anti-clerical newspapers, gathered at the predicted site and date specifically to witness whether the claimed miracle would occur.
- →Numerous witnesses at the scene, including some of the skeptical journalists, reported the sun appearing to spin, change colors, and move erratically toward the earth before returning to normal.
- →No astronomical observatory anywhere else in the world recorded any actual unusual solar activity that day, meaning the phenomenon, if genuine, was apparently localized entirely to what witnesses at the specific site perceived.
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Miracle of the Sun (event)
Mass witnessed phenomenon at Fátima, Portugal on October 13, 1917, following a predicted apparition; no astronomical observatory recorded any corresponding solar activity.
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Lúcia Santos (person)
One of three shepherd children who reported the Fátima apparitions and predicted the October 13, 1917 event.
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