The two younger Fatima visionaries (Francisco, Jacinta) died young as reportedly foretold; Lucia became a nun and Fatima is a major pilgrimage site
Documented · occurred What these labels mean →Francisco and Jacinta Marto died of influenza-era illness as children, Francisco on 4 Apr 1919 at 10 and Jacinta on 20 Feb 1920 at 9 (the Vatican's biography records bronchopneumonia and her death in a Lisbon hospital); Church accounts say Our Lady had told them she would take them to heaven soon. Their cousin Lucia dos Santos became a Carmelite nun in Coimbra (d. 2005), and Fatima remains a major pilgrimage site: about 100,000 people attended her 2006 reburial there.
Evidence
| Relation | Record | Note |
|---|---|---|
| documents | oursundayvisitor.com | Our Sunday Visitor: 'Both Martos died of influenza, Francisco at age 10 in 1919, and Jacinta at age 9 in 1920' |
| reports | ewtnnews.com | EWTN (Church account): 'Our Lady appeared to them and said she would take them to heaven soon'; Francisco died 4 Apr 1919 |
| documents | nbcnews.com | NBC/Reuters, Feb 2006: Sister Lucia died aged 97 'at her Carmelite convent in Coimbra'; about 100,000 people packed the Fatima sanctuary for her reburial |
| corroborates | web.archive.org | Vatican City State, Saint of the Day (quoted by E from a page E fetched via a different web tool, 2026-10-03; this cite rests on the relayed text, not the whole page; the page blocks curl fetches from this pipeline): Jacinta ill with bronchopneumonia from late 1918; D. Estefânia hospital, Lisbon, 2 Feb 1920; died 20 Feb 1920, 10:30 p.m.; canonized 13 May 2017. The page's 'as Our Lady had foretold' is the Church's framing (original URL dead 2026-10-18, 404: https://vaticanstate.va/en/state-and-government/general-informations/saint-of-the-day/3675-20-february-saint-jacinta-marto.html; Wayback snapshot) |
| corroborates | britannica.com | Britannica: Francisco/Jacinta died young in the 1918-20 flu pandemic; Lucia became a Carmelite nun |
Sources
| Source | Relation | At |
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| Pasulka on The Why Files Basement (Aug 2026) | asserts | 03:17:54 |
Claim
Francisco and Jacinta Marto died of influenza-era illness as children, Francisco on 4 Apr 1919 at 10 and Jacinta on 20 Feb 1920 at 9 (the Vatican's biography records bronchopneumonia and her death in a Lisbon hospital); Church accounts say Our Lady had told them she would take them to heaven soon. Their cousin Lucia dos Santos became a Carmelite nun in Coimbra (d. 2005), and Fatima remains a major pilgrimage site: about 100,000 people attended her 2006 reburial there.