Our Lady’s first visit to a small hamlet called Fatima, Portugal took place when the sun was directly overhead (called solar noon) on Sunday, May 13, 1917. Appearing in an open field known as the Cova da Iria (the Cove of Irene), “a Lady dressed all in white” stood lightly atop a carrasqueira, a young holmoak sapling that stood about three feet high and bore glossy, green leaves.
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