Our Lady of Lourdes
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Our Lady of Lourdes is a devotional title under which the Catholic Church venerates the Virgin Mary, commemorating 18 apparitions reported in Lourdes, France in 1858. The apparition identified herself as "the Immaculate Conception" to Bernadette Soubirous during the final appearance. The veneration was officially endorsed by the local Bishop in 1862 and has become a major site of religious pilgrimage.
When
- First attested
- 1858 CE
- Attested period
- 1858 – 2020
- Historical notes
- First apparition reported 11 February 1858; veneration endorsed 18 January 1862; canonical coronation granted 1 February 1876.
Relationships
- aspect of
- Virgin Mary
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The location of the spring was allegedly described to Soubirous by an apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes on 25 February 1858. Since that time many thousands of pilgrims to Lourdes have followed the instruction attributed to Our Lady of Lourdes”
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