Bernadette Soubirous

Bernadette Soubirous (7 January 1844 – 16 April 1879) was a young girl who had religious visions at Lourdes, France. During 1858 she said she saw the Virgin Mary 18 times. The Roman Catholic Church later made her a saint, and Lourdes has become one of the most visited places for pilgrims.

Saint Bernadette Soubirous
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Virgin, Consecrated Religious
Born	7 January 1844, Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Died	16 April 1879(1879-04-16) (aged 35), Nevers, Nièvre, France
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	14 June 1925, Rome, by Pope Pius XI
Canonized	8 December 1933, Rome by Pope Pius XI
Major shrine	Convent of Saint Gilard (Espace Bernadette Soubirous Nevers), Nevers
Feast	16 April 18 February (France, some traditionalist congregations)
Patronage	Bodily illness, Lourdes, France, shepherds and shepherdesses, against poverty, people ridiculed for their faith

Bernadette Soubirous Media

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  Bernadette in 1866, after having taken the religious habit and joining the Sisters of Charity

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  Full-body relic of Bernadette Soubirous. The photograph was taken at the last exhumation (18 April 1925). The saint died 46 years before the photo was taken; face and hands are covered with a wax coat.

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  Lourdes grotto in Canada, near Montreal