IMPOSING RITES
SHEPHERDESS PROCLAIMED A SAINT. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright VATICAN CITY, December 8. Following a Consistory, Bernadette Soubirous was proclaimed a Saint at the Feast of the Immaculate Conception to-day, W’hich was the date selected because the shepherdess had visions of the Immaculate Conception in a grotto at Lourdes in 1858, at the time of the Feast. Hundreds of pilgrims arrived to witness the imposing ceremony at St, Peter's, in which the Pope, Cardinals and leaders of the Church participated.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19669, 11 December 1933, Page 3
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82IMPOSING RITES Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19669, 11 December 1933, Page 3
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