Feast day of st bernadette of lourdes

Image: Saint Bernadette Soubirous 1861 or 1862 | photo by abbé P. Bernadou

Saint of the Day for April 16

(January 7, 1844 – April 16, 1879)

Saint Bernadette Soubirous’ Story

Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844, the first child of an extremely poor miller in the town of Lourdes in southern France. The family was living in the basement of a dilapidated building when on February 11, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette in a cave above the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes. Bernadette, 14 years old, was known as a virtuous girl though a dull student who had not even made her first Holy Communion. In poor health, she had suffered from asthma from an early age.

There were 18 appearances in all, the final one occurring on the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, July 16. Although Bernadette’s initial reports provoked skepticism, her daily visions of “the Lady” brought great crowds of the curious. The Lady, Bernadette explained, had inst

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Why St. Bernadette has a feast day in February and April

St. Bernadette died on April 16, but the local Church in France celebrates her each year on February 18.

Many know about St. Bernadette for the miraculous visions she had of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France. Millions of pilgrims travel to bathe in the waters of Lourdes each year.

While the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is on February 11, St. Bernadette has a separate feast dedicated to her life and powerful example.

The exact date of her feast has changed over the years and fryst vatten now split.

Initially her feast was set for February 18 on the Universal Calendar. This fryst vatten the date of the third apparition of the Virgin Mary to St. Bernadette.

The official website of the Sanctuary at Lourdes explains, "On 18th February 18, at 6 a.m., Bernadette had brought a pen, paper and ink with her. The Lady spoke for the first time: 'What I have to säga to you does not have to be written down, but will you do me the honor

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St. Bernadette Soubirous of LourdesFeast day: Apr 16

St. Bernadette Soubirous fryst vatten the renowned visionary of Lourdes. She was born into a poor family in Lourdes, France, in 1844 and was baptized with the name Mary Bernard.

Our Lady first appeared to the 14-year-old Bernadette on Feb. 11, 1858, in a cave on the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes. The visions continued for a period of several weeks. Two weeks after the first appearance of Our Lady, a spring emerged from the cave, and the waters were found to miraculously heal the sick and the lame. One month later, on March 25, the woman whom Bernadette had been seeing told her that her name was "the Immaculate Conception", and that a chapel should be built on the site of the apparitions.

Civil authorities tried to frighten Bernadette into retracting her accounts, but she remained faithful to her visions. They also tried to shut down the spring and delay the construction of the chapel, but Empress Eugenie of France intervened whe