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          5. Bernadette Soubirous

          French Roman Catholic saint (–)

          Bernadette Soubirous (; French:[bɛʁnadɛtsubiʁu]; Occitan: Bernadeta Sobirós[beɾnaˈðetɔsuβiˈɾus]; 7 January &#;&#; 16 April ), also known as Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller 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 , 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 , and the Marian apparition became known as Our Lady of Lourdes.

          In , Soubirous joined the Sisters of Charity of Nevers at their convent in Nevers where she spent the last years of her life. Her body is said by the Catholic Church to rem