Blessed Jacinta Marto

Memorial

• 20 February

Profile

Youngest visionary of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal in 1917.

Born

• 11 March 1910 at Aljustrel, Santarém, Portugal

Died

• 20 February 1920 in Lisbon, Portugal

Venerated

• 13 May 1989 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 13 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Jacinta, contact
     Rev. Anton Witwer, SJ
     Secretariado dos Pastorinhos
     Aptdo. 6
     Rua de São Pedro, 9
     2496-908 Fátima, PORTUGAL

Patronage

• bodily ills
• captives
• people ridiculed for their piety
• prisoners
• sick people
• sickness

Images

• Gallery of images of Blessed Jacinta

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Secretariado dos Pastorinhos

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Jacinta Marto”. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-jacinta-marto/>