Avé de Fátima
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Avé de Fátima (English: Fátima Ave), also known as the Fátima Hymn, is a popular
The hymn was written in August 1929 by Portuguese poet Afonso Lopes Vieira and it was first published, anonymously ("by a Servite"), in the 13 September 1929 issue of the religious periodical Voz da Fátima.[1][2] Lopes Vieira had witnessed what he later identified as the Miracle of the Sun on 13 October 1917 from the balcony of his house in São Pedro de Moel (about 50 kilometers from Fátima), alongside his wife and mother-in-law. The month he wrote the hymn, August, 1929, coincides with the conclusion of a small chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima that Lopes Vieira had built in the house.[2] The original version of the Avé de Fátima, sent to José Alves Correia da Silva, Bishop of Leiria, was set to a tune by Francisco de Lacerda.[2]
Versions
There are several versions of the hymn in use in different parts of the world; the adaptations in different languages are set to the same tune, theme, and refrain. What follows are two English-language versions:[3]
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References
- ^ "Avè da Fátima" (PDF). Voz da Fátima (in Portuguese). No. 84. Leiria: Seminário de Leiria. 13 September 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Afonso Lopes Vieira: Servita de Nossa Senhora" (PDF). Voz da Fátima (in Portuguese). No. 665. Leiria: Santuário de Fátima. 13 February 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ISBN 0-85244-532-6.