This listing is for a single holy medal of Our Lady of Lourdes with St. Bernadette (1844-1879) on the reverse.
Memorial is April 16.
Oldest of six children born to Francois and Louise Casterot, and grew up very poor. Hired out as a servant from age 12 to 14. Shepherdess. On 11 February 1858, around the time of her first Communion, she received a vision of the Virgin; her own account of it is in the Readings section below. She received seventeen more in the next five months, and was led to a spring of healing waters. She moved into a house with the Sisters of Nevers at Lourdes where she lived, worked, and learned to read and write. The sisters cared for the sick and indigent, and at age 22 they admitted Bernadette into their order since she was both. Always sick herself, and often mistreated by her superiors, she died with a prayer for Mary‘s aid. Since the appearances of Mary to young Bernadette in 1858, more than 200 million people have visited the shrine of Lourdes. (from - CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint Bernadette of Lourdes)
2 styles - basically the same, but different
(1) the Bernadette image is facing more forward, with a thinner medal frame (ITALY stamp on the side)
(2) The Bernadette image is facing slightly sideways, with a thicker, more rounded medal frame. (ITALY stamp on the bottom)
St. Bernadette is the patron saint of ---- against illness and sickness, against poverty, shepherds, poor people, sick people, Lourdes, France. Her memorial is April 16th.
Our Lady of Lourdes, the Immaculate Conception, appeared to Bernadette in 1858 in Lourdes, France. A healing spring appeared there.
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All medals and crucifixes are silver oxide (unless noted otherwise), which is a silver plated zinc alloy. **For the longest shine, you may want to coat your silver oxide medals with a clear coat of clear nail polish. The thin coating of silver oxide will eventually wear off.** They are quality Italian made, and the medals are approx. 1 inch tall and 5/8 inch wide.
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