St. Bernadette of Lourdes was a French Roman Catholic nun born in 1844 in the village of Lourdess. As a teenager she had a series of visions of the Virgin Mary in the village’s Massabielle grotto, ultimately leading to the founding of the shrine of Lourdes. The shrine became a major pilgrimage center for those seeking healing. Bernadette died in 1879 and was canonized (declared a saint) in 1933.
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