Lourdes apparitions of 1858

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Catholic devotional phenomenon Marian apparition religious event

The Lourdes apparitions of 1858 were a series of reported visions of the Virgin Mary experienced by Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, which led to the site becoming a major Catholic pilgrimage destination renowned for claims of miraculous healings.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Marian apparitions at Lourdes	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic devotional phenomenon ⓘ Marian apparition ⓘ religious event ⓘ
annualPilgrimsEstimate	millions ⓘ
apparitionIdentifiedAs	Virgin Mary ⓘ
apparitionLanguage	Occitan ⓘ
apparitionSelfDesignation	Immaculate Conception ⓘ
apparitionSite	Massabielle Grotto ⓘ
associatedWith	International Medical Committee of Lourdes ⓘ Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ surface form: Lourdes Medical Bureau Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ surface form: Lourdes water Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ surface form: Our Lady of Lourdes claims of miraculous healings ⓘ
bishopWhoRecognized	Bertrand-Sévère Mascarou-Laurence ⓘ
civilAuthorityReaction	initial skepticism and interrogation of Bernadette ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
ecclesiasticalReaction	initial caution followed by official approval ⓘ
endDate	1858-07-16 ⓘ
firstApparitionDate	1858-02-11 ⓘ
formalRecognitionDate	1862 ⓘ
hasMainVisionary	Bernadette Soubirous ⓘ
historicalContext	occurred four years after the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854) ⓘ
influenced	Catholic understanding of Marian apparitions ⓘ popular Catholic piety in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
inspiredDevotionTo	Immaculate Conception ⓘ Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ surface form: Our Lady of Lourdes
lastApparitionDate	1858-07-16 ⓘ
ledTo	construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary ⓘ construction of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Upper Basilica) ⓘ construction of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ construction of the underground Basilica of St. Pius X ⓘ development of Lourdes as a major Catholic pilgrimage site ⓘ
location	Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ surface form: Lourdes
memorialLiturgicalFeast	11 February ⓘ
memorialTitle	Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ surface form: Our Lady of Lourdes
nearRiver	Gave de Pau ⓘ
numberOfApparitions	18 ⓘ
pilgrimageType	healing pilgrimage ⓘ
recognizedBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Diocese of Tarbes (later Tarbes-et-Lourdes) ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
requestedByApparition	building of a chapel at the grotto ⓘ prayer and penance ⓘ processions ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of baths fed by Lourdes spring water ⓘ establishment of organized sick pilgrimages ⓘ
startDate	1858-02-11 ⓘ
visionaryAgeAtFirstApparition	14 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes → associatedWith → Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marian apparitions at Lourdes

Immaculate Conception → linkedToApparitionEvent → Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ⓘ

The Song of Bernadette → mainSubject → Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marian apparitions at Lourdes