Witnesses /

Adelaide Grego

Pilgrim

Woman of Torres Novas who went to Fátima on 13 October 1917 and wrote about it to a friend.

From Torres NovasThe surrounding regionAttitude beforehand: Believer1 passage · 13 October 1917
13 OctFirst-handSaw itLetter
English

What happened on the 13th of October was truly marvellous; it was a great prodigy, the Most Holy Virgin wishing to demonstrate her power! I am more and more glad to have gone there — here in Torres Novas at the same hour something also manifested itself in the sun, but from the description they give me it cannot be compared...

Português (original)

O que se passou no dia 13 de Outubro, foi realmente maravilhoso, foi um grande prodigio a Ssma Virgem querer demonstrar o seu puder! Cada vez estou mais satisfeita em ter lá ido — aqui em Torres Novas á mesma hora tambem se manesfestou no sol qualquer cousa, mas pela discipção que me fazem não se pode cumparar...

DCF III-1, Doc. 319 · letter · 24 Nov 1917 (6 weeks later)View scans (2)Link