Lourdes
Town in France
Lourdes is a town in southwestern France, in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains. It’s known for the Sanctuaires Notre-Dame de Lourdes, or the Domain, a major Catholic pilgrimage site. Each year, millions visit the Grotto of Massabielle...
Area1: 36.94 km2 (14.26 sq mi)
Department: Hautes-Pyrénées
Elevation: 343–960 m (1,125–3,150 ft)
INSEE/Postal code: 65286 /65100
Population (2021): 13,509
Region: Occitania
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Why is Lourdes so famous?
Since 1858, when a 14-year-old peasant named Bernadette Soubirous proclaimed she had had 18 encounters with the Virgin Mary, Lourdes has become one of the most visited sites by Catholics in the world. Lourdes has a special appeal for the fragile and the weak, including wounded military personnel.
Why is Lourdes special for Catholics?
They come to Lourdes to see the site of a famous vision experienced by a young girl called Bernadette Soubirous and to be healed by its supposedly miraculous waters.
When was the last miracle at Lourdes?
Since 1858 in Lourdes, seventy cures have been recognised as miraculous; the most recent, that of Sister Bernadette Moriau, dates from 2018.
What did Mary do at Lourdes?
Our Lady of Lourdes is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary recalling her apparitions in 1858 in the grotto at Lourdes, France to Saint Bernadette Soubirous, a fourteen-year-old peasant girl. Our Lady instructed Bernadette to dig in the ground nearby, from which came a spring with healing properties, active to this day.
Lourdes is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.
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