Saint Bernadette Postcard

(Bernadette Soubirous) January 7, 1844–April 16, 1879), aka Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes in France, and is known for apparitions of a "young lady" who asked for a chapel at the nearby cave-grotto. The woman who appeared to her identified herself as the "Immaculate Conception"(Mary). The body of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, was exhumed three times after her death and was found incorrupt each time. She died in 1879 in Nevers, France at the age of 35. Her body was exhumed in 1909 and found to be completely incorrupt and free of odor. In 1919, her body was still found completely incorrupt. She was beatified in 1925 and canonized in 1933. Her body is on display at the Chapel of Saint Gildard at the Sisters of Charity in Nevers.