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The term Marian apparition is when Blessed Virgin Mary supernaturally appears to someone or some people. The religious term for this term is Theophanies. Marian apparitions reoccur over a long period of time at the same place.  This has happened at the Fatima pilgrimage a few times when young kids were at the pilgrimage site. The children said that they saw a young lady. When this happens there is usually a chapel or church built where the apparition occurs. A Marian apparition has a relationship with pilgrimage sites because at these sites Mary has appeared to someone and Catholics acknowledge this event and visit these pilgrimage sites. These Marian Pilgrimage sites attract millions and millions of people every year. Four million people have visited the Fatima Pilgrimage in 2010. The reason for people coming to see these pilgrimage sites is to pray and find out more on the sites history. These pilgrimage sites also have special masses on particular days changing from pilgrimage to pilgrimage. Mostly on the days the apparitions occurred at the pilgrimage site.