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Get to Know Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Bernadette Soubirous is known for having had visions of the Blessed Mother and the grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes.
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She should also be known for the holiness of her life. From her childhood until her death at age thirty-five, Saint Bernadette underwent much suffering, caused by poverty, sickness, and the unkindness of some people. She endured her trials with patience and always maintained great faith and hope in God.
Marie Bernarde Soubirous (who was called Bernadette) was born in Lourdes, France on January 7, , the oldest of eight children.
Four of her siblings died while still infants.
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Bernadette’s father had been a miller, but lost his business, and her family was very poor. They lived in a one room basement apartment in a former jail. Bernadette helped to take care of her younger brothers and sister and did not receive any education until she was fourteen years old, when she began attending a school in Lourdes administered by the