Artwork Search
Arts in Southeast Asia Database
Our Lady of Fatima
Keywords : Roman Catholic, Our Lady
| Site common name | San Augustine |
|---|---|
| Type of artwork | Sculpture |
| Province/City | Manila |
| State | Manila |
| Country | Philippines |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 14.588889 Long : 120.975 |
| Art | Our Lady of Fatima is situated on a vehicle. It is believed that this statue is carried in a procession along the street during important Christian festivals. |
|---|---|
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Spanish colonial period |
| Age | B.E. 22-25 |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Sect | Catholic |
| Religion and belief | In 1917, there were three children seeing the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal. They were Lucia dos Santos, Jacinta, and Francisco Marto. The Virgin Mary asked them to pray the rosary. After that, she came to these three children many times. For the last of her apparition, a marvelous miracle occurred in the sky before 70,000 witnesses. |
| Related artwork | Our Lady of Fatima is usually represented as a lady wearing a white gown. In aspect of iconography, it demonstrates the characteristics of Our Lady of Fatima witnessed by the three children. She held a rosary in her hand which referred to praying the rosary that she emphasized the three children to do it every day. |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
|---|---|
| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-05-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
