Our Lady of Lourdes with Bernadette Ethiopian Orthodox Church Supplies; Our Lady of Lourdes (or Our Lady of the Rosary or, more simply, Our Lady of Lourdes) is the appellation by which the Catholic Church venerates Mary, following the apparitions she had in 1858 by Bernadette Soubirous.
The name of the place refers to the French municipality of Lourdes, in whose territory - between February 11 and July 16, 1858 - the young Bernadette Soubirous, a fourteen-year-old local peasant girl, reported having witnessed eighteen apparitions of a """"beautiful lady"""" in a grotto not far from the small suburb of Massabielle. Regarding the first one, the young girl stated:
""""I saw a lady dressed in white. She wore a white dress, a white veil, a blue belt and a yellow rose on her feet.""""
This image of the Virgin, dressed in white, with a blue belt encircling her waist and a yellow rose on each foot, has since entered classical iconography.
At the place indicated by Bernadette as the scene of the apparitions, a statue of Our Lady was placed in 1864. Around the grotto of the apparitions an imposing sanctuary was developed over time.
Around the place of worship has subsequently expanded an important movement of pilgrims. It is estimated that over seven hundred million people have visited the Sanctuary of Lourdes.
The name of the place refers to the French municipality of Lourdes, in whose territory - between February 11 and July 16, 1858 - the young Bernadette Soubirous, a fourteen-year-old local peasant girl, reported having witnessed eighteen apparitions of a """"beautiful lady"""" in a grotto not far from the small suburb of Massabielle. Regarding the first one, the young girl stated:
""""I saw a lady dressed in white. She wore a white dress, a white veil, a blue belt and a yellow rose on her feet.""""
This image of the Virgin, dressed in white, with a blue belt encircling her waist and a yellow rose on each foot, has since entered classical iconography.
At the place indicated by Bernadette as the scene of the apparitions, a statue of Our Lady was placed in 1864. Around the grotto of the apparitions an imposing sanctuary was developed over time.
Around the place of worship has subsequently expanded an important movement of pilgrims. It is estimated that over seven hundred million people have visited the Sanctuary of Lourdes.
