Our Lady of the Rosary is also popularly known as
Our Lady of Fatima.
Fatima
Fatima is a village in the very center of Portugal, about 70 miles north of Lisbon. It consists of several little hamlets hidden away in the elevation known as Serra de Aire. One such hamlet is known as Aljustrel; and it is here, and more especially in the surrounding rocky pasturelands, that our story is centered.
The Children of Fatima
The eldest of the three children to whom Our Lady was to appear at Fatima was Lucia de Jesus dos Santos. Francisco and Jacinta, the other two main figures, were Lucia’s first cousins, the eighth and ninth children, respectively.