RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bernadette Soubirous

1844 - 1879

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Bernadette Soubirous, SCN (; French: [bɛʁnadɛt subiʁu]; Occitan: Bernadeta Sobirós [beɾnaˈðetɔ suβiˈɾus]; 7 January 1844 – 16 April 1879), also known as Bernadette of Lourdes (religious name Marie-Bernarde, was a miller's daughter from Lourdes (Lorda in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing apparitions of a "young lady" who asked for a chapel to be built at the nearby cave-grotto. These apparitions occurred between 11 February and 16 July 1858, and the young lady who appeared to her identified herself as the "Immaculate Conception". After a canonical investigation, Soubirous's reports were eventually declared "worthy of belief" on 18 February 1862, and the Marian apparition became known as Our Lady of Lourdes. In 1866, Soubirous joined the Sisters of Charity of Nevers at their convent in Nevers where she spent the last years of her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernadette Soubirous is the 222nd most popular religious figure (down from 181st in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from France (up from 177th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Religious Figure.

Bernadette Soubirous is most famous for having visions of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bernadette Soubirous ranks 222 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope John VIII, Salome, Pope Honorius III, Pope Alexander III, Pope Adrian V, and Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib. After her are Catherine of Siena, Saint Dominic, Saint Sebastian, Joshua, Pope Clement II, and Bridget of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Bernadette Soubirous ranks 7. Before her are Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Benz, Sarah Bernhardt, Anatole France, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Paul Verlaine. After her are Mehmed V, Ilya Repin, Henri Rousseau, Ludwig Boltzmann, Menelik II, and Umberto I of Italy. Among people deceased in 1879, Bernadette Soubirous ranks 2. Before her is James Clerk Maxwell. After her are Honoré Daumier, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Adolf Anderssen, Albrecht von Roon, Rowland Hill, Thomas Couture, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Gottfried Semper, and Charles De Coster.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernadette Soubirous ranks 173 out of 6,770. Before her are Pope Martin IV (1220), François Viète (1540), Margaret of Valois (1553), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), and Henrietta Maria of France (1609). After her are Louis Daguerre (1787), Saint Sebastian (300), Catherine Deneuve (1943), Madame du Barry (1743), Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), and Philip V of Spain (1683).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Bernadette Soubirous ranks 16. Before her are Pope Clement IV (1190), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Pope Callixtus II (1065), Pope Urban IV (1185), Pope Martin IV (1220), and Thérèse of Lisieux (1873). After her are Saint Sebastian (300), Pope Innocent V (1225), Pope Urban VI (1318), Saint Roch (1295), Francis de Sales (1567), and Hugues de Payens (1074).

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