Jacinta Marto was born on March 11, 1910, baptized in the parochial church of Fatima on March 19, 1910. Daughter of Manuel Pedro Marto and Olímpia de Jesus.
After the apparitions seeked by all means to make sacrifices for the salvation of sinners and in reparation for the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
She died at D. Estefânia Hospital, in Lisbon, on February 20, 1920, victim of the so called Spanish flu (as his brother one year before). Her mortal remains were moved from the Cemetery of Vila Nova de Ourém to the cemetery of Fatima, in this occasion the coffin was opened and her body was discovered uncorrupted, on May 1, 1951 was moved to the Basilica of the Sanctuary of fatima.
With his brother was declared Blessed on May, 13, 2000. The liturgical day of commemoration of the Blessed Francisco and jacinta Marto is on February 20.
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