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"The first of 18 apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, happened on this day in history, Feb. 11, 1858. Soubirous, then a sickly 14-year-old peasant girl living in poverty in the small town of Lourdes, saw a vision of a young lady. Not knowing who the lady was, Soubirous asked the friends she was with if they had seen something. They had not. The apparitions continued, with Soubirious reporting that the lady spoke to her starting with the third apparition, but still had not revealed her name. It was not until the third-to-last apparition, on March 25, 1858, that authority figures began to believe Soubirous' stories. On that day, she visited the grotto, but was still uncertain as to who the lady actually was; throughout the visions, the lady repeatedly refused to tell the young girl her name. Finally, with her arms down, she raised her eyes to heaven and then, folding her hands over her breast, she said, ‘I am the Immaculate Conception'. Following the apparitions, Soubirous underwent a series of investigations and was found to be telling the truth. In 1862, Pope Pius IX declared the visions to be "authentic."
The Lourdes sanctuary is now home to 22 places of worship, including three separate basilicas. Mass is said an estimated 10,000 times each year. Since 1858, the Lourdes Medical Bureau has verified 70 cures as "miraculous" in nature and unexplained by science..."
"The first of 18 apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, happened on this day in history, Feb. 11, 1858. Soubirous, then a sickly 14-year-old peasant girl living in poverty in the small town of Lourdes, saw a vision of a young lady. Not knowing who the lady was, Soubirous asked the friends she was with if they had seen something. They had not. The apparitions continued, with Soubirious reporting that the lady spoke to her starting with the third apparition, but still had not revealed her name. It was not until the third-to-last apparition, on March 25, 1858, that authority figures began to believe Soubirous' stories. On that day, she visited the grotto, but was still uncertain as to who the lady actually was; throughout the visions, the lady repeatedly refused to tell the young girl her name. Finally, with her arms down, she raised her eyes to heaven and then, folding her hands over her breast, she said, ‘I am the Immaculate Conception'. Following the apparitions, Soubirous underwent a series of investigations and was found to be telling the truth. In 1862, Pope Pius IX declared the visions to be "authentic."
The Lourdes sanctuary is now home to 22 places of worship, including three separate basilicas. Mass is said an estimated 10,000 times each year. Since 1858, the Lourdes Medical Bureau has verified 70 cures as "miraculous" in nature and unexplained by science..."
On this day in history, February 11, 1858, Our Lady of Lourdes first appears to St. Bernadette Soubirous | Fox News
The first of 18 apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to 14-year-old St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, happened on this day in history, Feb. 11, 1858.
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-feb-11-1858-lady-lourdes-appears-st-bernadette-soubirous#
