Bernadette Soubirous

All that we know of the Apparitions and the Message of Lourdes came to us from Bernadette.  She alone saw the Lady and all depends on her testimony.  Three periods can be distinguished in her life: the obscurity of her childhood, a “public” life at the time of the Apparitions and of giving testimony; finally, a “hidden” life as religious at Nevers. *

(*Reprinted from the official Sanctuary of Lourdes Website.)

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