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I haven't tried to verify this, but I was told that a young women who was named after Mohammed's daughter (Fatima) converted to Christianity and married a local landowner/lord (something like that) and he named the town after her.

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Sr. Lucy's (Fatima apparition witness) convent confirmed that there, indeed, had been an apparation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Sister Lucy on Saturday, 06 October 2001 AD. When the Blessed Mother appeared to Sister Lucy, she was very, very sad. She told Sister Lucy that the Faithful needed to pray many rosaries in order to prevent a blood bath.

There have been wild rumors flying around about this. It stems from a request from Sr. Lucy for rosaries at this time, not from another apparition. The official letter from the Carmelites Concerning Prayer With Sister Lucy:

Reverend Mother Prioress and Community,

On the occasion of the Carmelite Jubilee Year and with the desire to receive the greatest amount of Grace possible, inspired by the Holy Spirit, we invite you to join yourselves to our continuous Rosary that we will pray on October 7, Our Lady of the Rosary, for the definitive triumph of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

From the same chapel of the Holy Apparitions of the Most Blessed Virgin of Fatima and in the Presence of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, we will remain for 24 hours praying the Holy Rosary and imploring God for peace in the world and for the pardon of our sins.

In a very special way, we will beseech Him in intercession for the holiness of all Carmelites, in union with Sr. Lucia and the Carmelite Communities.

With great affection and alway united with Jesus and Mary, The Association of
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
John XXIII Avenue, Number 59
2495-403 Fatima, Portugal

Not quite what the rumors have been thinking.

Dominus Vobiscum

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