Virgin Mary of Lourdes

VIRGIN MARY (OUR LADY OF LOURDES)

Exquisite Vintage Resin Statuette – Handcrafted in Italy
The Universal Mother of All

This beautifully crafted resin statuette of the miraculous Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Lourdes) embodies divine elegance and grace. Handcrafted and hand-painted with meticulous attention to detail, this unique figure radiates serenity and spiritual beauty. Made in Italy, this vintage work of art is in pristine, as-new condition and bears the inscribed mark (ITALY) at its base.

A symbol of faith, hope, and devotion, this sacred image will inspire peace and reverence in any space. Be Blessed.

• Height: 21.5 cm
• Width: 6 cm
• Base: 6 x 6.5 cm

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Featured in the above photos is a (Studio photograph) of Marie-Bernadette Soubirous, age 14, in daily attire (c. 1 January 1858).

Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrénées. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France. Prior to the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1858, the most prominent feature of the town was the fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its centre.

In 1858 Lourdes rose to prominence in France and abroad due to the Marian apparitions seen by the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous, who was later canonized. Shortly thereafter the city became one of the world's most important sites of pilgrimage and religious tourism. Today Lourdes hosts around six million visitors every year from all corners of the world. This constant stream of pilgrims and tourists transformed quiet Lourdes into the second most important centre of tourism in France, second only to Paris, and the third most important site of international Catholic pilgrimage after Rome and the Holy Land. As of 2011, of French cities only Paris had more hotel capacity.

The Virgin Mary appeared to 'Marie-Bernadette Soubirous' on a total of eighteen occasions at Lourdes. The Virgin Mary also told Bernadette to dig in the ground at a certain spot and to drink from the small spring of water that began to bubble up. Almost immediately cures were reported from drinking the water, and yet the water has been shown through repeated testing to not have any special curative properties. Today thousands of gallons of water gush from the source of the spring, and pilgrims are able to bathe in it. Countless miracle cures have been documented there, from the healing of nervous disorders and cancers to cases of paralysis and even of blindness. "The estimate that about 4000 cures have been obtained at Lourdes within the first fifty years of the pilgrimage is undoubtedly considerably less than the actual number." Lourdes has become a major place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage and of miraculous healings. The 150th Jubilee of the first apparition took place on 11 February 2008 with an outdoor Mass attended by approximately 45,000 pilgrims.