Our Lady of Fatima (The Minors)

Marian devotion of Adeje (Tenerife)

Our Lady of Fatima is the holder of an hermitage in the core of Children, in the municipality of Adeje (Tenerife). The documents consulted state the name of the hermitage and its location, but do not provide detailed historical data on its foundation.

Main data

Origin and history

Our Lady of Fatima is the holder of an hermitage in the core of Children, in the municipality of Adeje (Tenerife). The documents consulted state the name of the hermitage and its location, but do not provide detailed historical data on its foundation.

For the spread of devotion to Fatima in the Canary Islands during the siglo XXit can be seen as a relatively recent devotion; however, the date and specific circumstances of the foundation of the hermitage of the Minors are not reflected in the sources consulted.

The image and the sanctuary

The temple is the Hermitage of the Virgin of Fatimain Los Menores, with direction on the Calle Virgen de Fátima de Adeje according to the parish directory consulted. The description of the image (author, date, materials) is not recorded in the sources consulted.

Sponsorship and coronation

The hermitage is named after the Virgin of Fatima, but the documentation consulted does not show that the image of Los Menores has a formal declaration of patronage of the municipality or a canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima is often celebrated at 13 May in general parish practice, anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin to the three pastoralists of Fatima in 1917. However, the source consulted does not specify the date of the employers' party in the Los Juveniles district, and therefore, strictly, does not have a record.

Link to the Rosary

The link with the Rosary is entirely true of this advocation: in Fatima, the Virgin expressly asked the pastors that will pray the Rosary every day for peace and for the conversion of sinners. Although the sources consulted do not detail concrete practices in The Minor, any image of Our Lady of Fatima leads to this call to the daily prayer of the Rosary, which is its central message.