Saint Francisco Marto
Also known as: Franz Marto
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
April 4
Born
June 11, 1908
Died
April 4, 1919
Canonized
13 May 2017 by Pope Francis
Beatified
13 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Saint Francisco Marto, also known as Franz Marto, was one of the child visionaries who witnessed the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917 in Portugal. He was born on 11 June 1908 in the small village of Aljustrel, Portugal. Along with his sister Jacinta and cousin Lucia dos Santos, Francisco experienced a series of supernatural encounters with the Virgin Mary between May and October 1917....