1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

Born in Versailles (France) on the 15^th of July 1737, she was the daughter of King Louis XV and Maria Leszczynska.

In April 1770, with the consent of her father, the King of France, she entered the Carmelite monastery of Saint-Denis, and was given the name Marie-Thérèse de Saint-Augustin or Thérèse de Saint-Augustin. Her action aroused the admiration of the whole of France. Pope Clement XIV wrote her a letter to congratulate her on her action.

In the monastery, she ensured that she had no privileges, despite her royal rank. She also learned to pray on her knees, which was particularly difficult and painful for her because of a leg disability caused by a childhood accident.

After years of sacrifices, which she happily accepted, she was elected superior of the convent. She then tried to open France to the Austrian Carmelites persecuted by Emperor Joseph II, and used her influence on his nephew, the French King Louis XVI. To eliminate this influence, a plot to poison her was conceived. In November 1787, she began to suffer severe stomach pains, which became increasingly worse.

She died on 23 December 1787 after a life of asceticism and penance.

The decree on the heroicity of the virtues was promulgated on 18 December 1997.

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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

Lucia Dos Santos, born in Portugal to a very humble family, was the recipient, together with her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, of a series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, in the locality of Cova da Iria, near Fatima.

After the premature death of her cousins from the «Spanish» flu, she entered the Institute of Saint Dorothy with the name of Sister Maria Lucia dell'Addolorata. After the last apparition, she desired to become a Carmelite nun and entered the monastery of Coimbra, where she became Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart. In the centuries-old history of the Marian apparitions, Sister Lucy (as she is best known) is the seer who lived the longest, projecting throughout the twentieth century the light of the heartfelt and maternal message of the Virgin Mary, concerned for the salvation of souls, especially those of sinners.

She died in the Carmel of Coimbra on February 13, 2005, at the age of 98. Since 2006, the mortal remains of the visionary have been resting next to those of Jacinta Marto (beatified in 2000 together with her brother Francesco) in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, included in the Fatima Shrine.

On February 13, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI granted the decree dispensing from the five years of waiting since the death of Sister Lucy, so that the Cause could be promptly begun, corresponding to the great reputation of holiness of the Servant of God.

The Diocesan Inquiry into her "life, virtue and reputation for holiness" closed in  February, 2017, in the diocese of Coimbra. On 14^th September 2018 the decree of validity was granted.

Incontro con il Cardinale Saraiva Martins

1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

http://www.lucia.pt/?lang=it 

http://coimbra.carmelitas.pt/ 

http://www.pastorinhos.com/it/ 

   Intervista Santuario di Fatima

   Imagens do ano 2000 por ocasião da beatificação dos videntes Jacinta e Francisco

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