Fátima 1917
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Unnamed 'doutor' of Leiria, formerly a leading local Jacobin

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An 'illustrious doutor' of Leiria, the home town of the writer Alfredo de Carvalho, described as once 'the finest flower of local jacobinism' (anticlericalism). Carvalho was told he cried out at the Cova that he saw the Virgin.

From LeiriaThe surrounding regionAttitude beforehand: Sceptic1 passage · 13 October 1917
13 OctSecond-handSaw itPress reportScepticFigures / visions
As told by Alfredo de Carvalho
English

An illustrious doctor* from my home town, who was once the finest flower of local Jacobinism*, shouted, so I am told, like a man possessed, hands clasped, eyes turned up to heaven: "There goes the Virgin! There she goes!" And I should not be surprised if the man did see her.

Português

Um ilustre doutor da minha terra, que foi já a mais fina flor do jacobinismo local, dizem-me, que gritava como um possesso, mãos cruzadas, olhos em alvo "Lá vai a Virgem! Lá vai". E não me admiro se o homem a viu.

DCF III-1, Doc. 120 · press · Oct 1917 (2 days later)Scans (2)Link
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