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Story of the day · October 21

The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle

February 11, 1858· Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées· France

Thursday, 11 February 1858. Bernadette Soubirous, 14, the daughter of a poor miller's family, stood by the Gave de Pau outside Lourdes. She heard a sound like a gust of wind. The trees were quite still. In the grotto of Massabielle she saw a lady dressed in white, with a blue sash and a yellow rose on each foot.

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