| Description |
ix, 335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Lourdes : the making of a shrine. Like any town : Lourdes before the apparitions -- An ignorant young girl : the childhood of Bernadette, 1844-1858 -- The fortnight : daily visions from 18 February to 4 March 1858 -- So many extraordinary things : miracles in Lourdes, 1858 -- The spirit of resistance : Lourdes, May to September 1858 -- For the sake of religious enlightenment : the episcopal mandate, 1858-1866 -- 'What will you become?' : the education fo Bernadette, 1860-1866 -- pt. 2. Nevers : the afterlife of a visionary. 'I have come here to hide myself' : life in the novitiate, 1866-1867 -- 'Watching over the sentiments of my heart' : religious life at St Gildard -- Silence of the self : Bernadette as a Sister of Nevers -- Atrocious sufferings : the deathbed, 1875-1879. |
| Subject |
Bernadette, Saint, 1844-1879.
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Bernadette, Saint, 1844-1879. |
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Christian women saints -- France -- Lourdes -- Biography.
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Christian women saints. |
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France -- Lourdes. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Christian saints -- France -- Lourdes -- Biography.
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Christian saints. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0860123375 |
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0860123383 paperback £12.99 |
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