Jan 3, 2025 · St. Bernadette of Lourdes (born January 7, 1844, Lourdes, France—died April 16, 1879, Nevers; canonized December 8, 1933; feast day April 16, but sometimes February 18 in France) is a French saint whose visions led to the founding of the Marian shrine of Lourdes.

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 ...

Jun 3, 2017 · Bernadette was a sheep-keeper at Bartrès and sometimes she helped with service at her aunt’s cabaret at Lourdes. 1858 – January 17: Bernadette left Bartrès. 1858 – February 11: first apparition at the Grotto of Massabielle.

Little fourteen year old uneducated Bernadette Soubirous was living in the unknown town of Lourdes in the Pyrenees Mountains in the south of France in 1858 when she was blessed with the favor to see the Mother of God eighteen times in the Grotto on the outskirts of the village.

5 days ago · St. Bernadette Soubirous is the renowned visionary of Lourdes. She was born into a poor family in Lourdes, France, in 1844 and was baptized with the name Mary Bernard.

Bernadette had to respond to the curious, to admirers, journalists and others, to appear before civil and religious commissions. She found herself thrown into the glare of the news; a “media storm” battered her.

THE ST. BERNADETTE’S PATH. Learn about the history of the Lourdes Apparitions by following in Bernadette Soubirous’ footsteps.

Apr 16, 2024 · Saint Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844, the first child of an impoverished miller in Lourdes, France. Her family resided in the basement of a decrepit building when, on February 11, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette in a cave by the Gave River.

Bernadette Soubirous was born January 7, 1844 in Lourdes, France. She died April 16, 1879, of natural causes in Nevers, France. Her body remains incorrupt. She was beatified in 1925, and in 1933 she was canonized by Pope Pius XI. St. Bernadette was the oldest of six children in a very poor family headed by Francois Soubirous and Louise Casterot.

On July 29, 1866, Bernadette took the religious habit of a postulant and joined the Sisters of Charity in Nevers, France, 700km north of Lourdes. She spent the rest of her life there working as an infirmary assistant, and later a sacristan.