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St. Bernadette’s Relics Are Coming to the U.S.
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Relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous are scheduled to travel to the United States.
Bernadette experienced asthma-like symptoms and struggled in school before her reported encounters in 1858. While searching for firewood near the grotto in Lourdes on February 11, 1858, she encountered a mysterious girl approximately 16 or 17 years old.
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