PicturesOnGold.com Saint Bernadine of Siena Religious Medal Female Adult - 1/2 x 2/3 inch Size of Dime, Sterling Silver

CHAIN IS NOT INCLUDED PicturesOnGold.com Saint Bernadine of Siena Religious Medal Unisex Female Adult - 1/2 x 2/3 inch Size of Dime, Sterling Silver, Available in Solid Religious 14K Yellow or White Gold, or in Sterling Silver. Size Reference: 17mm is the size of a US dime. 21mm is the size of a US nickel. 24mm is the size of a US quarter. Color Laser is a patent pending process, color is guaranteed to last forever Color Medals can be worn in the pool, shower, etc. without affecting the image. We guarantee it.The apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes began on 11 February 1858, when Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year old peasant girl from Lourdes admitted, when questioned by her mother, that she had seen a "lady" in the cave of Massabielle, about a mile from the town, while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar appearances of the "lady" took place on seventeen further occasions that year. Catholics consider Bernadette Soubirous a saint, and many Catholics believe her visions to have been of the Virgin Mary. The first appearance of the "Lady" reported by Bernadette was on 11 February. The others were on February 14, 18-21, 23-25, 27, 28, March 1-4, 25, April 7, and July 16. Bernadette received no further apparitions after the 18th, and did not feel any desire to visit the Grotto afterwards, but the people kept on visiting. Lourdes has since grown to be the greatest Marian shrine of the Roman Catholic Church. She is the patron saint for Bodily Ills.