SHEPHERDESS CANONISED.
BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS. IMPOSING CEREMONIAL. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Dec. 9. 10.30 a.m.) VATICAN CITY, Deo. 8. Following a consistory, Bernadette Soubirous was proclaimed a saint at the Feast of the'lmmaculate Conception to-day, which date was selected because the shepherdess had visions of ’’the immaculate conception at the Grotto of Lourdes in 1858 at the time of the Feast. Hundreds of pilgrims arrived to' witness the Imposing ceremony in St. Peter’s, in which the Pope, cardinals and leaders of the church participated. It was to Bernadette Soubirous, a poor French girl, between 12 and 13 years of age, that the Vision of the Immaculate Conception first appeared. In commemoration of the event the 'Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary was erected on the spot, situated In the Pyrenees in the South of France, and for years has attracted thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. Bernadette subsequently joined a religious order.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19125, 9 December 1933, Page 5
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156SHEPHERDESS CANONISED. Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19125, 9 December 1933, Page 5
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