Most Blessed Virgin

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A Marian apparition that appeared to Soubirous in Lourdes. The Bishop of Tarbes declared the apparitions to be supernatural and divine after investigation by a commission of priests. The entity is identified as the Virgin Mary appearing in a miraculous manifestation.

When

First attested
1862 CE
Attested period
1862 – 2020
Historical notes
Officially declared supernatural and divine by Bishop Betrand Severt Laurence on 18 January 1862 following ecclesiastical investigation.

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“We remain convinced that the Apparitions are supernatural and divine, and that by consequence, what Soubirous saw was the Most Blessed Virgin.”

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