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The brief history of the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 and how the Power of the Rosary played a big part in the Christian victory of the Battle.

October 1: Marie-Françoise Thérèse Martin was born on January 2, 1873 in the town of Alençon in French Normandy. Called Thérèse, she was the last of nine children, five of which survived to adulthood.

During and after the apparitions, in the short time Francisco and Jacinta spent on earth, they had several private revelations–especially Jacinta.

Lucia dos Santos, Jacinta and Francisco Marto were the three young Portuguese shepherds Our Lady of Fatima appeared to in 1917.

Consueverunt Romani Pontifices (1569) is a decree by Pope Saint Pius V on the power of the Holy Rosary, even before the great Catholic victory at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.

October 15: Teresa was brought up by her saintly father, a lover of serious books, and a tender and pious mother. Several books were written by Teresa which give an account of her spiritual life. She is known as "The Big Flower."

July 4: Elizabeth, Princess of Aragon, was born in 1271. The young princess was also a grand-niece of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary after whom she was named.

When applied to the spiritual life, vigilance signifies the virtue whereby man directs this watchfulness against the three fetters pulling him towards damnation.

August 27: Although St. Monica's parents were Christians, they gave her in marriage to a pagan who was a violent and immoral man, St. Augustine's father.