Romano dos Santos
5th witness – Romano dos Santos7, married, resident in the hamlet and parish of Alqueidão da Serra, eyewitness of the events that took place on the thirteenth of October 1917, sworn on the Holy Gospels, said: that he heard it said that everyone should kneel, for Our Lady was coming, words which he heard from the multitude and which must have come from the little shepherd girls, who were some distance away. When these words had been said the multitude knelt, the rain having stopped at that moment, and looking at the sun he saw that it was surrounded by different colours and spinning like a firework wheel. He heard the cries of those people, saying it was a manifest miracle. And he said no more and does not sign his deposition because he does not know how.
5a testemunha – Romano dos Santos7, casado, morador no lugar e freguesia do Alqueidão da Serra, testemunha presencial dos factos ocorridos no dia treze de outubro de 1917, ajuramentado aos Santos Evangelhos, disse: que ouviu dizer que ajoelhassem todos que vinha Nossa Senhora, palavras estas que ouviu da multidão e que viriam das pastorinhas, que se achavam distantes. Ditas estas palavras a multidão ajoelhou, tendo a chuva cessado nesta ocasião, e olhando para o sol viu que ele estava cercado de diferentes cores e girando como uma roda de fogo de artifício. Ouviu os clamores daquele povo, dizendo que era um milagre conhecido. E mais não disse e não assina o seu depoimento por não saber.
Editor's notes (1)
7 He was a foundling of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon. He married Joana da Costa Carreira at the age of 28, on 26 November 1893. He died on 5 October 1962.
7 Era exposto da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. Casou com 28 anos, a 26 de novembro de 1893, com Joana da Costa Carreira. Faleceu a 5 de outubro de 1962.
