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Maria do Amparo de Queirós e Lemos

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Maria do Amparo de Lemos Queirós Pinto Ataíde, born at Treixedo (Santa Comba Dão), daughter of Maria José de Lemos Queirós of Viseu, with whom she attended on 13 October 1917. She married the Visconde de Rio-Torto in 1920, corresponded with Dr Formigão in 1918, and died in Lisbon in 1964.

From ViseuTravelled from afar1 passage · 13 October 1917
13 OctFirst-handLetterTravelled from afarCrowd scene
English

I wanted to write so that this letter of mine would arrive on the 13th, a day that will never be swept from our memory because of the apotheosis and grandeur of the event we had the happiness of witnessing at Fatima.

Português

Quiz escrever de forma a chegar esta minha no dia 13 que nunca se varrerá da nossa memoria pella apotheose e grandiosidade do acontecimento a que tivemos a felicidade de assistir em Fatima.

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Fatima is a glory for the Mother of God. A Great Harvest. That multitude we saw is truly like a chord of praises that will never die away.

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Fatima representa uma gloria para a Mãe de Deus. Grande Mésse. Aquela multidão que vimos é na verdade como um accorde de louvores que não mais se extinguem.

DCF III-2, Doc. 385 · letter · 15 Oct 1918 (12 months later)Scans (3)Link
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