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Bernadette of Lourdes

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Ber·na·dette of Lourdes  (bûrn-dt; lrd, lrdz), Saint. Originally Marie Bernarde Soubirous. 1844-1879.
French peasant girl whose visions of the Virgin Mary led to the establishment of the shrine at Lourdes, France.
Bernadette of Lourdes [ˌbɜːnəˈdɛt]
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(Biographies / Bernadette of Lourdes, Saint (1844-1879) F, French, RELIGION: saint) Saint. original name Marie Bernarde Soubirous. 1844-79, French peasant girl born in Lourdes, whose visions of the Virgin Mary led to the establishment of Lourdes as a centre of pilgrimage, esp for the sick or crippled. Feast day: Feb. 18
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1844: Saint Bernadette of Lourdes (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous) was born.
On This Day by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
As our heroine discovers that country life is actually venal and nerve--wracking, she ironically begins to resemble her namesake Saint Bernadette of Lourdes.
La Vraie nature de Bernadette by Alioff, Maurie / Take One
Remember Mary of Nazareth, Joan of Arc, Bernadette of Lourdes, and Therese of Lisieux?
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