Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto Jacinta and Francisco were sister and brother and were the youngest children of Manuel Marto and Olimpia Marto. Jacinta was born on March 11, 1910 and Francisco on June 11, 1908.They were illiterate and looked after the sheep of the family. When they, along with Lucia dos Santos, were looking after their sheep in the open field, Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to them first on May 13, 1917. After that they witnessed several apparitions from May 13, 1917 to October 13, 1917 at Cova da Iria near Fatima, a city about 110 miles from Lisbon, Portugal. The apparition happened when Portugal was in political turmoil and the monarchy was over thrown in the year 1910 and the Government disbanded all religious organizations. It is learnt that in the third apparition Mother May showed the hell to the children. Jacinta died on February 20, 1920 at age 10 years and Francisco died on April 4, 1919 at age 11 years. Their bodies were exhumed in 1951 and the face of Jacinta was found incorrupt. Jacinta and Francisco were beatified by Pope John Paul-II on May 13, 2000, the 83rd anniversary of the first apparition. They are the patrons of captives, people ridiculed for their piety, prisoners, sick people and also against sickness. #faith #Catholic #live #truelife #church #catholicchurch