Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

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Catholic pilgrimage site Marian shrine religious sanctuary

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, renowned for its Marian apparitions and reputed healing waters.

Aliases (6)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic pilgrimage site → Marian shrine → religious sanctuary →
associatedWith	Bernadette Soubirous → Immaculate Conception dogma → Lourdes water → Marian apparitions at Lourdes →
constructionStart	late 19th century →
country	France →
dedicatedTo	Our Lady of Lourdes → Virgin Mary →
diocese	Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes →
foundedAfterEvent	apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes →
governingBody	Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes administration →
hasOfficialMedicalBody	International Medical Committee of Lourdes → Lourdes Medical Bureau →
hasPart	Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary → Basilica of St. Pius X → Basilica of the Immaculate Conception → Cachot (former prison cell of Bernadette) near the sanctuary → Church of St. Bernadette → Grotto of Massabielle → Way of the Cross → baths → procession esplanade →
hasStatus	major Marian pilgrimage destination → one of the world’s most visited Christian pilgrimage sites →
inception	1858 →
knownFor	Eucharistic procession → healing waters → large Marian processions → miraculous cures → torchlight Marian procession →
languageUsed	French → Latin → multiple international languages for liturgies →
liturgicalFeast	11 February → Our Lady of Lourdes →
locatedIn	Hautes-Pyrénées → Lourdes → Occitanie NERFINISHED → Pyrenees region →
owner	Roman Catholic Church →
partOf	Catholic Marian shrines network →
pilgrimsPerYear	approximately 4 to 6 million →
recognisedMiraclesByChurch	over 60 cures →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
visitorCount	millions of pilgrims per year →
website	https://www.lourdes-france.org →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ("Lourdes water") → Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ("Our Lady of Lourdes") → Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ("Lourdes Medical Bureau") → Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ("Lourdes water") →	associatedWith
Hautes-Pyrénées →	contains
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ("Our Lady of Lourdes") →	dedicatedTo
Grotte de Bétharram →	hasNearbyAttraction
Occitanie →	hasNotableSanctuary
Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ("Our Lady of Lourdes") →	inspiredDevotionTo
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ("Our Lady of Lourdes") →	liturgicalFeast
Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ("Lourdes") →	location
Lourdes ("Marian shrine of Lourdes") →	mainSubject
Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ("Our Lady of Lourdes") →	memorialTitle
Marian apparitions ("Lourdes") →	notableApparitionSite
Bernard Zehrfuss ("Basilica of Saint Pius X, Lourdes") →	notableWork
The Song of Bernadette ("Lourdes") →	settingLocation