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Bernadette Soubirous
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Bernadette Soubirous, SCN, also known as Bernadette of Lourdes, was a miller's daughter from Lourdes, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing apparitions of
Soubirous c. 1858
Soubirous c. 1858
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 force
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.
Soubirous in 1863
Soubirous in 1863
Old religious card with the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France
Old religious card with the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France
Our Lady of Lourdes
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Our Lady of Lourdes is one of the devotional names or titles under which the Catholic Church venerates the Virgin Mary. The name commemorates a series of 18 apparitions reported by a 14-year-old girl,
Bernadette Soubirous
…canonical investigation, Soubirous's reports were eventually declared "worthy of belief" on 18 February 1862, and the Marian apparition became known as Our Lady of Lourdes. In 1866, Soubirous joined the Sisters of Charity of Nevers at their convent in Nevers where she spent the last years of her life. Her body is said by…
The statue within the rock cave at Massabielle in Lourdes, where Saint Bernadette Soubirous witnessed the Blessed Virgin Mary
The statue within the rock cave at Massabielle in Lourdes, where Saint Bernadette Soubirous witnessed the Blessed Virgin Mary
The venerated image of Our Lady of Lourdes was granted a decree of canonical coronation on 1 February 1876 by Pope Pius IX. The coronation ceremony wa
The venerated image of Our Lady of Lourdes was granted a decree of canonical coronation on 1 February 1876 by Pope Pius IX. The coronation ceremony was executed on 3 July 1876. During that same year, an oversized golden laurel wreath was placed at the base as well as a stellar halo being attached to the head of the image; both no longer present.