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Detail of A Stained Glass Window Depicting The Apparition of The Virgin Mary To Bernadette Soubirous Date And Artist Unknown Church of SaintPierreÈsLiens Bourdeilles Dordogne France Photographed On 17 December 2009 By Père Igor
Detail of A Stained Glass Window Depicting The Apparition of The Virgin Mary To Bernadette Soubirous Date And Artist Unknown Church of SaintPierreÈsLiens Bourdeilles Dordogne France Photographed On 17 December 2009 By Père Igor

Our Lady of Lourdes

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

February 11

Biography

Our Lady of Lourdes, also known as Notre-Dame de Lourdes, is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in honor of her apparitions to Saint Bernadette Soubiroux in Lourdes, France. These apparitions took place between February 11th and July 16th of 1858. The memorial commemorates the eighteen occasions when the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette in a grotto near the town of Lourdes....