| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Bernadette of Lourdes, Saint |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ber·na·dette of Lourdes |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bûr n -d t , l rd, lrdz |
| DATES: | 1844–1879 |
| VARIANTS: | Originally Marie Bernarde Soubirous. |
| French peasant girl whose visions of the Virgin Mary led to the establishment of the shrine at Lourdes, France.
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