1st class HAIR Relic St.Bernadette Soubirous w DOC 1988

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SAINT BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS Also known as Maria Bernadette; Marie Bernarde; Sleeping Saint of Nevers; Bernardette; Bernardetta; Bernada; Bernardette Soubirous Memorial 16 April ; 18 February in France Profile Oldest of six children in a very poor family headed by Francois and Louise Casterot. Hired out as a servant from age 12 to 14. Shepherdess . On 11 February 1858 , around the time of her first Communion , she received a vision of the Virgin ; her own account of it is in the Readings section below. She received seventeen more in the next five months, and was led to a spring of healing waters. She moved into a house with the sisters of Nevers at Lourdes w she lived, worked, and learned to read and write. The sisters cared for the sick and indigent , and at age 22 they admitted Bernadette into their order since she was both. Always sick herself, and often mistreated by her superiors, she died with a prayer for Mary 's aid. Since the appearances of Mary to young Bernadette in 1858 , more than 200 million people have visited the shrine of Lourdes . Born 7 January 1844 at Lourdes , France Died 16 April 1879 , Nevers, France of natural causes; body incorrupt Beatified 1925 Canonized 1933 by Pope Pius XI Name Meaning brave as a bear Patronage bodily ills , illness , Lourdes France , people ridiculed for their piety , read more

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