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St.Bernadette of Lourdes
On 11 February 1858, then aged 14, while she was out gathering firewood with her sister and a friend at the grotto of Massabielle outside Lourdes, Bernadette had an experience that forever changed her life and the town of Lourdes where she lived. It was on this day that Bernadette claimed to see the first of 18 visions of what she termed "a small young lady" standing in a niche in the rock. The other girls stated that they saw nothing. She claimed that the "beautiful lady" asked her to return to the grotto every day for fifteen days. The apparition supposedly did not identify herself until the 17th vision, she never claimed it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assumed it to be the Virgin Mary and until then Bernadette called her simply 'Aquero' (or rather "the lady") Bernadette also claimed that this lady wore a white veil, a blue girdle and had a golden rose on each foot as well as "holding" a string of Rosary beads. Bernadette's story caused a sensation with the townspeople, who were divided in their opinions on whether or not Bernadette was telling the truth. She soon had a large number of people following her on her daily journey, some out of curiosity and others who firmly believed that they were witnessing a miracle.
Saint Bernadette Soubirous received Beatification in 1925 and Canonization in 1933 under Pope Pius XI, not so much for the content of her visions, but rather for her simplicity and holiness of life. She is the patron saint of sick persons and of Lourdes.

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