The Fatima Apparitions and the Three Secrets

Record summary

Between May and October 1917, Lucia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto reported Marian apparitions at Cova da Iria near Fátima. The episode generated ecclesiastical inquiry, pilgrimage traditions and later written accounts of the “three secrets,” whose disclosure and interpretation developed over time. It offers comparison with visionary testimony, retrospective documentation and institutional authentication. The reported solar phenomenon, witness numbers and chronology require careful separation between contemporary records, later recollection and devotional interpretation.