Fátima 1917

Witnesses /

Dr. F. and other compatriots of the letter-writer

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Pe. Dr. António Maria de Figueiredo ('Dr. F.'), professor at the Santarém seminary, and fellow townspeople of Joel de Deus Magno from the Batalha area who were at the Cova da Iria.

From Batalha / SantarémThe surrounding region2 passages · 13 September 1917
13 SepSecond-handSaw itLetterStar / luminous globeFalling "flowers"
As told by Joel Deus Magno
English

Dr. F. and many fellow-countrymen of mine affirm that they saw it too. Some of these , whose seriousness it is not permissible to call into/ doubt, assure us they made out a kind of flowers, which were falling from the sky, but did not touch the ground, disappearing on reaching a certain height.

Português (original)

O Dr. F. e muitos patrícios meus afirmam que também o viram. Alguns destes cuja seriedade não é lícito pôr em/ dúvida, asseguram ter distinguido uma espécie de flores, que caíam do céu, mas não tocavam no chão desaparecendo ao chegarem a certa altura.

DCF III-2, Doc. 407 · note · 17 Sep 1917 (4 days later)View scans (2)Link
13 SepSecond-handSaw itLetterStar / luminous globeFalling "flowers"
As told by Joel Deus Magno
English

Dr. F. and many of my fellow townsmen state that they saw it too.

Some of these, whose seriousness it is not permissible to doubt, assert that they made out a kind of flowers falling from the sky, which did not touch the ground but disappeared on reaching a certain height.

Português (original)

O dr. F. e muitos patricios meus affirmam que também o viram.

Alguns destes, cuja seriedade não é licito pôr em duvida, asseguram ter percebido uma especie de flores que cahiam do ceu, mas não tocaram no chão, desaparecendo ao chegarem a certa altura.

DCF III-2, Doc. 409 · press · 17 Sep 1917 (4 days later)View scans (2)Link