Waarom is Bernadette heilige?
Bernadette Soubirous, alias Marie-Bernard van Lourdes (Lourdes, 7 januari 1844 – Nevers, 16 april 1879) is een Frans katholiek heilige. De visioenen van Bernadette vormden de aanleiding voor het ontstaan van Lourdes als bedevaartsoord.
Wat is de nationaliteit van Bernadette?
Hoe zette Bernadette zich in?
Op 11 februari 1858 liep Bernadette in gezelschap van een zus en een vriendin langs de Gave naar de Grot van Massabielle om er hout te sprokkelen. Terwijl ze haar kousen uittrok om de beek te doorwaden hoorde ze een windstoot. Daar zag ze in de richting van een grot een eigenaardig verschijnsel.
Who was Bernadette Soubirous and what did she do?
As a young 14-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous had multiple visions of the Blessed Lady in a grotto in the outskirts of Lourdes. Although her visions were widely doubted at the time, her humility, truthfulness and modesty encouraged many to believe.
Who was Saint Bernadette?
Saint Bernadette began her life relatively recently, by saintly standards, growing up in Victorian-era France. The eldest daughter in a poor family, she struggled with illness her whole life. Her fame began at age 14 in Lourdes, with a series of sightings of a young woman taken to be Virgin Mary, now known as Our Lady of Lourdes.
How old was Soubirous when she had her vision?
On 11 February 1858, Soubirous, then aged 14, was out gathering firewood with her sister Toinette and a friend near the grotto of Massabielle (Tuta de Massavielha) when she experienced her first vision.
What happened to Bernadette of Lourdes?
Although several miracles turned out to be short-term recoveries or outright hoaxes, many others were confirmed at the time, and claims continue to this day. Bernadette herself moved away from Lourdes and joined a nunnery in Nevers, where she lived the rest of her life. She died in 1879 of tuberculosis.