On 13 October 1958, the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse presented Song of Bernadette on the CBS television network starring Italian-born film and television actress Pier Angeli as Bernadette Soubirous.
St. Bernadette of Lourdes is a French saint whose visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858 led to the founding of the Marian shrine of Lourdes, a major pilgrimage center for those seeking healing.
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St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844–1879) was a French miller's daughter who experienced 18 apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1858 at the Massabielle grotto in Lourdes.
Saint Bernadette Soubirous was a poor, uneducated peasant girl who no one would believe had seen apparitions of the Blessed Mother. But Mary had appeared to her, and Lourdes has become a popular shrine of devotion to Mary, the Immaculate Conception, and of healing.
Born in Lourdes, France, on , Bernadette was the first child of Francois and Louise Soubirous. At the time of her birth, Francois was a miller, operating a mill which had belonged to his wife's people.
Saint Bernadette Soubirous, visionary of Lourdes, communicated the Virgin Mary's messages of prayer, penance, and the promise of happiness in the afterlife.
By Edward Matulanya Learn about Saint Bernadette Soubirous, her encounter with the Virgin Mary, and her enduring witness, with reflections on how her example applies to Christianity in the modern world. Abstract This study examines the life and spiritual significance of Saint Bernadette Soubirous within the framework of Catholic theology, Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and Magisterial ...