St. Bernadette
Feast Day: April 16
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St. Bernadette was a young French girl to whom Our Lady of Lourdes appeared in a series of apparitions in 1858. She was a miller’s daughter and she suffered from asthma.
Although her reports of the apparitions were initially not believed and she was ridiculed, eventually led to a shrine being built in Lourdes France. It has become a popular pilgrimage site for people seeking healing from the water in the spring there.
Patron Saint of …
She is the patron saint of Bodily illness, shepherds and shepherdesses, against poverty, and people ridiculed for their faith.
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Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes
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