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Saints of the Month: February
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Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of Lourdes
The 11th of February is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes. She
is the patron saint of Lourdes, France, Quezon City of Metro
Manila, Tagaytay City of Cavite, Barangay Granada of Bacolod
City, Daegu, South Korea, Tennessee, Diocese of Lancaster,
bodily ills, sick people, and protection from diseases.
Our Lady appeared to Bernadette Soubiroux on 11th February
1858 in Massabielle, southern France. Bernadette reported
seeing 18 apparitions of the Woman Whom she described to be as
“lovelier than I have ever seen” that year. The Woman in the
apparition called Herself the “Immaculate Conception,”
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