The Fatima Apparitions

Record summary

In 1917, three children near Fátima reported Marian apparitions, and a large crowd gathered on 13 October for an event later called the Miracle of the Sun. Witnesses described unusual solar appearances, movement or changes in light, though accounts differed and many observers did not report the same experience. The episode matters for cross-cultural comparison of luminous aerial or celestial claims and collective expectation. It belongs to religious history rather than a modern incident database. Documentary sources include ecclesiastical investigations, newspaper reports and later devotional testimony, with substantial debate over interpretation.