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Article: Bernadette of Lourdes
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- Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Bernadette of Lourdes
Bernadette of Lourdes (1844-1879), a young peasant girl, saw 18 visions of the Virgin Mary, in a grotto in Lourdes, France. These visions, and the curing waters that still flow there, led to the creation of are ligious shrine that millions visit each year. Bernadette later became a Roman Catholic nun, and was canonized as a saint in 1933.
On January 7, 1844, in Lourdes, France, Marie Bernarde Soubirous was born to Francois and Louise (Casterot) Soubirous. She was the eldest of their six children (three other children died as infants). According to the
Catholic Online
website, "because of her small stature, she was always referred to by the diminutive form of her ...
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