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Bernadette Soubirous (/ ˌ b ɜːr n ə ˈ d ɛ t ˌ s uː b i ˈ r uː /; French: [bɛʁnadɛt subiʁu]; Occitan: Bernadeta Sobirós [beɾnaˈðetɔ suβiˈɾus]; 7 January 1844 – 16 April 1879), also known as Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes (Lorda in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing ...
Contemporary depiction of Our Lady's 9th apparition at Lourdes on 25 February 1858. Painting made by Virgilio Tojett in 1877 after Bernadette Soubirous' description. [1] The Lourdes apparitions are several Marian apparitions reported in 1858 by Bernadette Soubirous, the 14-year-old daughter of a miller, in the town of Lourdes in Southern France.
Bernadette Soubirous was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1933. [5] [6] Marian devotion has since steadily increased as ecclesiastical investigations sanctioned her visions. In later years, a large church was built at the site that has since [7] become a major site of religious pilgrimage.
The church was built in 1983–86, the architect being Vivina Rizzi; it is built of red brick on a square plan. [5] Pope John Paul II visited in 1990. [6] On 30 September 2023, Pope Francis made it a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest. [7] Cardinal-protectors. Ángel Sixto Rossi (2023–present) [8]
Statue of Dominique Peyramale outside the Parish Church in Lourdes. Abbé Dominique Peyramale (9 January 1811 – 8 September 1877) was a Catholic priest in the town of Lourdes in France during the apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous in 1858.
The eighteen apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to Saint Bernadette Soubirous were approved by Pope Pius XII. A few years later, from February 11 to July 16, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary was pleased, as a new favor, to manifest herself in the territory of the Pyrenees to a pious and pure child of a poor, hardworking, Christian family.
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In 1858 Bernadette Soubirous was a 14-year-old shepherd girl who lived near the town of Lourdes in France. One day she reported a vision of a miraculous Lady who identified Herself as the Virgin Mary in subsequent visions. [33] In the first vision she was asked to return again and she had 18 visions overall.