It was 1958, when a young girl named Bernadette began to experience a series of Marian apparitions, eighteen in all. Just four years later, the so-called apparitions of Lourdes were recognized as authentic by the bishop of the municipality of Tarabes in the French High Pyrenees.

Today, the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes is a frequent pilgrimage site. No wonder, since Church officially recognized the performance of as many as 67 miracles at the site, and cases of unexplained healing are counted in the thousands. Bernadette, who was the subject of the apparitions in Lourdes, met the "Beautiful Lady" in a nearby grotto. She was said to have said during the feast of the Annunciation, "I am the Immaculate Conception...". Witnesses to the events were local residents, who very often sought refuge and rest in the grotto.

The apparition of Lourdes

The most significant sign brought by another apparition from Lourdes was the appearance of a miraculous spring. It was after washing in it that visitors to the grotto of Massabielle had a chance of complete healing. It is worth knowing that today the image of the Virgin Mary, made by a sculptor from Lyon in 1964, is very popular. The very location Each year, the cult is visited by several million pilgrims, including many terminally ill people who seek relief from their illness. Pilgrimages from Poland are also organized there very often. Significantly, Bernadette herself has been declared a saint, and there is also her church within the Sanctuary.

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