The youngest saints to be canonized in the Roman Catholic Church are believed to be Jacinta Marto and Francisco Marto, Portuguese siblings who witnessed the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima in 1917. They died at the ages of 9 and 10, respectively. They were canonized by Pope Francis at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima in Portugal on May 13, 2017, the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima.
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