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Fátima () is a civil parish in the municipality of Ourém, in the Portuguese Santarém District. The population in 2011 was 11,596,〔(Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) ), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal〕 in an area of 71.84 km².〔(Direção-Geral do Território )〕 The parish encompasses several villages and localities of which Fátima, with a population of 7,756 residents, is the largest. Part of the urban agglomeration of Leiria, it is south of Porto and north of Lisbon. It has been permanently associated with the Marian apparitions that occurred in Cova da Iria in 1917 and which were later recognized by the Catholic Church. ==History== The name of the town and parish is a rendition of the Arabic given name ''Fatima'' (), reportedly the name of a Moorish princess who converted to Christianity (and also the name of a daughter of Muhammad). The parish was founded in 1568, when it was annexed by the Collegiate of Ourém ((ポルトガル語:Colegiada de Ourém)). The history of Fátima is associated with three local children: Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, who on 13 May 1917, while guarding their sheep in the Cova da Iria, witnessed an apparition of a ''lady dressed in white''. Cova da Iria is now the ''Chapel of Apparitions'' ((ポルトガル語:Capela das Aparições)). The lady, later referred to as ''Our Lady of the Rosary'', indicated that she was sent by God with a message of prayer, repentance and consecrations. She visited the children on the 13th day of each month from May to October. The last apparition occurred on 13 October 1917; the 70,000 pilgrims in attendance witnessed the "Miracle of the Sun".〔〔 In addition, ''Our Lady of Fátima'' sent a message that consisted of three secrets: first, a vision of Hell "where the souls of the sinful would travel" without prayer; the second, prophesied the beginning of the Second World War; and ultimately, the mysterious Third Secret, which Dos Santos transcribed in 1944, and has been held by the Vatican since 1957.〔〔 Dos Santos became a nun, and as Sister Lúcia, recounted three prior visits from an angel to her and her cousins. Between April and October in 1916, this angel invited them to pray and do penance, visiting them twice in Loca do Cabeço and once by the well in the Dos Santos family's garden.〔〔 Jacinta died in 1919 and Francisco in 1920 from the Spanish flu Epidemic, and were later beatified on 13 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II.〔 Lúcia meanwhile remained a nun until she herself died in 2005.〔〔 In order to mark the location of the apparitions, a wooden arch with a cross was initially constructed in Cova da Iria.〔 The faithful began to travel in pilgrimage to the site. On 6 August 1918, with donations from the public, construction on a small chapel was begun, built from rock and limestone and covered in tile. With a width of by length, and height, the chapel grew into a centre for Marian devotion, receiving names such as ''a fé. Fátima, cidade da Paz'' ("the faith of Fátima, City of Peace"), or ''Terra de Milagres e Aparições'' ("Land of Miracles and Apparitions").〔 The construction of the sanctuary brought local development to the region, which eventually allowed the town of Fátima to be elevated to the status of city on 12 July 1997. There was, historically, a movement in the parish (primarily from its economic sector), that desired Fátima become its own municipality. The project, led by Júlio Silva, engineer and ex-president of the ''Junta de Freguesia'' (Parish Council), was however vetoed on July 2003 by President of Portugal Jorge Sampaio, resulting in disappointment among residents.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fátima, Portugal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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