She had the Spanish Flu. So did her brother.
That was Jacinta Marto, one of the girls who witnessed the miracle of our Lady of Fatima. She died of sickness when she was only 10 years old.
Little Jacinta was beatified on May 13, 2000, by Pope John Paul II.
Roman Catholic AnswerOur Blessed Lady appeared to three peasant children, Lucia Santos, Jacinta Marto, and her brother Francisco from 13 May to October 13, 1917.
Joseph A. Cirrincione has written: 'The Rosary & the Crisis of Faith' 'Ven. Jacinta Marto of Fatima' 'The Forgotten Secret of Fatima and the Silent Apostolate'
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Three shepherd children said that Fatima appeared to them in 1917. Those children were Lucia Santos and her cousins Francisco Marto and his sister Jacinta.
There are many saints who died as children. Here are a few: St. Philomena, St. Cyriacus, St. Maria Goretti, Saint Agnes, St. Dominic Savio, St. John Berchmans. Also we can not forget the Holy Innocents who died when Herod ordered all the children of Bethlehem killed. There are also several Blesseds who died as children: Bl. Jose Luis Sanchez, Bl. Francesco Marto and Bl. Jacinta Marto
She has not been canonized and has no patronages yet.
Jacinta is not yet a saint. She has been beatified, however. She was one of the three children who were witness to a series of apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima.
Marto Rusakov is 5' 11".
Marto Rusakov was born in 1982, in Ostrava, Czech Republic.