Franciscan Monastery: Saint Bernadette statue in Washington, D.C. by Mary E Lynch

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On 11 February 1858, Bernadette (born Marie-Bernarde Soubirous 1844 - 1879), then aged 14, was out gathering firewood with her sister and a friend when she had the first of 18 visions of what she termed "a small young lady" standing in a niche in the rock wearing a white veil and a blue girdle. The lady had a golden rose on each foot and was holding a string of Rosary beads. Her sister and friend saw nothing. The "beautiful lady", who didn't identify herself until the 17th vision, asked her to return to the grotto every day for 15 days. Bernadette never claimed it, but the townspeople all assumed it to be the Virgin Mary. She soon had a large number of people following her on her daily journey, some out of curiosity and others who firmly believed that they were witnessing a miracle. After her death the shrine at Lourdes went on to become a major site for pilgrimage, attracting millions of Catholics each year. On 18 December, 1933 she was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Source Wikipedia

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See James M. Goode's
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p340 Item #I-17)
(He excluded it from 'Washington Sculpture')
Medium: Marble
Artist: Mary E Lynch
Related subjects: Religion; Women
Location: 14th & Quincy Sts NE Washington, D.C. Franciscan Monastery

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Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000010 (dcMem ID #2204 )

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Franciscan Monastery: Saint Bernadette statue in Washington, D.C.
by Mary E Lynch

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Goode's "Outdoor Sculpture" has this as one of its 327 entries but it isn't one of the 503 entries in "Washington Sculpture." The statue was still there as of 2008.

Links & other sources
Monastery website
Wikipedia article on the monastery
Wash Theological Union website on Franciscans
Wikipedia article on Franciscans
Wikipedia article on Bernadette
Church & State in Art website