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Lourdes

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Lourdes , town (1990 pop. 16,581), Hautes-Pyrénées dept., SW France, at the foot of the Pyrénées. It is famous for its Roman Catholic shrine where Our Lady of Lourdes (Feast: Feb. 11) is believed to have repeatedly appeared (1858) to St. Bernadette . Millions of people make the pilgrimage to Lourdes each year, drawn by their faith in the miraculous cures attributed to the waters of the shrine. Bibliography: See R. Harris, Lourdes (1999). Author not available, LOURDES. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Bernadette of Lourdes
Bernadette of Lourdes Bernadette of Lourdes (1844-1879), a young peasant girl, saw 18 visions of the Virgin Mary, in a grotto in Lourdes, France. These visions, and the curing waters that still flow... Read more

Lourdes
Lourdes The healing Grotto of Bernadette at Lourdes, France, was constructed on the site where 14-year-old...the young miller's daughter, pilgrims have journeyed to Lourdes to seek healing from the waters of the natural spring that... Read more

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	Review - Books: The girl who saved France's soul Eamon Duffy on the wide-ranging influence of St Bernadette's visions at Lourdes ; Lourdes: Body and Spirit in the Secular Age by Ruth Harris Penguin...near a riverside cave outside the small Pyrenean town of Lourdes, was attracted by a mysterious light within the grotto...spend the rest of her short life, the railway had come to Lourdes. By 1876 a great basilica had been built, and ... Read more
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	MIRACLES AND MASSES Business is booming at the pilgrimage site of Lourdes, with an unprecedented 7 million visitors expected in the coming year. John Lichfield travels to the town and asks what really draws people there: faith or superstition? ; ...CANDLE burning is strictly forbidden in Lourdes. Each candle must be placed in the open...from a painting by Hieronymous Bosch. Lourdes claims to consume more candles than any...grey, plastic wheely bins. Used prayers. Lourdes, a small, ugly town in a pleasant valley... Read more
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	Kaufman, Suzanne K. Consuming Visions: Mass Culture and the Lourdes Shrine.(Book review) ; ...Consuming Visions: Mass Culture and the Lourdes Shrine. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 2005. Pp. val + 255. ISBN 0801442486. Lourdes was, Suzanne Kaufman declares, both...to some religious pre-modern world, Lourdes was firmly anchored in fin-de-siecle... Read more
	Consuming Visions: Mass Culture and the Lourdes Shrine.(Book Review) ; Consuming Visions: Mass Culture and the Lourdes Shrine. By Suzanne K. Kaufman. Ithaca...aunt and uncle on their pilgrimage to Lourdes. I recall being simultaneously impressed...rows of souvenir shops. Many who visit Lourdes are similarly struck. However, it is this... Read more
	Lourdes' Gores hits 100 yards in rushing. ; ...Last week at Byron, Frank Meilander led Lourdes rushers with 143 yards. In the same game...yards and two touchdowns to help lead Lourdes past Stewartville, 31-10, at cold and...have four quality running backs, said Lourdes coach Mike Kesler, and the defense we... Read more

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