Our Lady of Fatima (in Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fàtima) or, more simply, Holy Mary of Fatima, is one of the names with which the Catholic Church venerates the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, following the apparitions that took place in 1917 to three little shepherds in Portugal.
Mary is represented as reported by the story of the three little shepherds Lucia, Francesco and Giacinta: a woman dressed in white looking down by crossing the look of the kids. From the faces of the characters you can tell the emotions of that moment: the surprise of the little shepherds and the sweetness of the Madonna aiming to transmit it to them and to the whole world.
Sculpture of maple wood (in linden tree for the size of 60 cm), handcrafted,
representing the apparition of Mary to the three shepherds’ children in the year 1917 in Cova da Iria Portugal, where the present Sanctuary of Fátima is located.
Our Lady of Fatima, same like Our Lady of Lourdes, is adored all over the world and it is not so difficult to find a sculpture from Val Gardena Italy in churches as a symbol of adoration.
