Valinhos (Fátima)

In Valinhos, there are points of interest such as the Via Sacra or Caminho dos Pastorinhos (path of the little shepherds), which takes pilgrims along 14 chapels that represent the different stations of the Way of the Cross.

The Via Sacra begins at Rotunda Sul and ends at the Hungarian Calvary (Calvário Húngaro), where there is a chapel dedicated to St. Stephen.

The east wall of the chapel had an altar dedicated to the Guardian Angel of Portugal.

Devotion to the Guardian Angel of Portugal almost disappeared after the 17th century but was restored in 1952, being inserted into the Portuguese Liturgical Calendar by Pius XII.

[citation needed] In her Memoirs, the Portuguese Carmelite nun Sister Lúcia, seer of Our Lady of Fátima, tells that, between April and October, 1916, an angel appeared three times to her and to Francisco and Jacinta Marto, in Fátima, Portugal, inviting them to prayer and penitence.