1858 On 11 February 1858, aged 14, while she was out gathering firewood with her sister and another friend at the grotto of Massabielle outside Lourdes, Bernadette saw the first of 18 visions of a lady who was later accepted by the Church as being the Blessed Virgin Mary. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Bernadette

1858, from February to July. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Bernadette

In 1858: http://olrl.org/stories/lourdes.shtml

yes, 1858. Here is some easy reading: Bernadette of Lourdes Also known as Bernada; Bernardetta; Bernardette Soubirous; Bernardette; Maria Bernadette; Marie Bernarde; Sleeping Saint of Nevers Memorial 16 April; 18 February in France Profile Oldest of six children in a very poor family headed by Francois and Louise Casterot. 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. Born 7 January 1844 at Lourdes, France Died 16 April 1879, Nevers, France of natural causes; body incorrupt Beatified 1925 Canonized 1933 by Pope Pius XI Name Meaning brave as a bear Patronage bodily ills, illness, Lourdes France, people ridiculed for their piety, poverty, shepherdesses, shepherds, sick people, sickness Readings Nothing is anything more to me; everything is nothing to me, but Jesus: neither things nor persons, neither ideas nor emotions, neither honor nor sufferings. Jesus is for me honor, delight, heart and soul. - Saint Bernadette http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintb06.htm

in 1858

Feb 11, 1858.

We just celebrated the 150th anniversary at my parish in February. She appeared a few times between Feb 11 1858 and July of that same year.

In 1858 Mary appeared to St.Bernadette in Lourdes France. Hope this helped

In 1858 Mary appeared to St.Bernadette in Lourdes France.

Did you know that they dug up her body in 1960 something to rebury it and the corpse had not decayed. So they washed it and buried it again, they then opened her grave again a few years back and she still hadnt decayed. Considering she was buried without ceremony at the monastery where she was a nun. Its pretty incredible She is now encased in crystal at lourdes where the public can view it. Type her name into the google search engine under images and you can see the photographs they took each time they interned her. There is slight damage where she was washed, but beyond that she looks as tho she died yesterday