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The Portuguese Carmelite nun known worldwide as Sor (Sister) Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, who has died aged 97, was an icon to devout Catholics everywhere and one of their church's most influential women of the 20th century. She was the last survivor of the three pastorinhos, or little shepherds, who claimed to have had a series of visions of the Virgin Mary near the Portuguese town of Fatima, southeast of Leiria, in 1917.
In later life, Sister Lucia was a close friend of Pope John Paul II, who credited her visions with saving his life. Vatican sources said her death had shocked the pontiff just as he was recovering from his recent illness
73 Sister Lucia house
#420,
79
The Portuguese Carmelite nun known worldwide as Sor (Sister) Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, who has died aged 97, was an icon to devout Catholics everywhere and one of their church's most influential women of the 20th century. She was the last survivor of the three pastorinhos, or little shepherds, who claimed to have had a series of visions of the Virgin Mary near the Portuguese town of Fatima, southeast of Leiria, in 1917.
In later life, Sister Lucia was a close friend of Pope John Paul II, who credited her visions with saving his life. Vatican sources said her death had shocked the pontiff just as he was recovering from his recent illness