Bernadette Soubirous
Bernadette Soubirous (7 January 1844 – 16 April 1879) was a young girl who had religious visions at Lourdes, France.[1] 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 (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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The Boly Mill was the birthplace of Bernadette Subirous and she lived there happily for the first ten years of her life until increasing poverty forced the family to move to poorer accommodation.
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Bernadette Soubirous en 1863, photo de Billard-Perrin
Bernadette in 1866, after having taken the religious habit and joining the Sisters of Charity
The Chapel of St Joseph, where Bernadette Soubirous was interred for forty years
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; her face and hands are covered with a wax coat.
The reliquary containing the body of Saint Bernadette Soubirous
Lourdes grotto in Canada, near Montreal
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References
- ↑ "Biography Bernadette Soubirous - Saint of Lourdes". biographyonline.net. Retrieved 17 November 2010.