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The Lourdes File
One spring, one Medical Bureau, and more than a century of cures examined under the strictest verification process any shrine has ever run. Everything in our catalog that traces back to Lourdes — the 1858 apparitions, the bureau-recognized healings, and Bernadette herself.
19 claims
A 34-year-old French woman with clinically confirmed multiple sclerosis recovered completely after bathing at Lourdes in May 1952, with the cure recognized as miraculous in 1956 after a four-year follow-up confirmed no relapse.
Alice Couteault: Multiple Sclerosis Remission at Lourdes Baths
A 34-year-old French woman with clinically confirmed multiple sclerosis recovered completely after bathing at Lourdes in May 1952, with the cure recognized as miraculous in 1956 after a four-year follow-up confirmed no relapse.
63% authenticAn Italian woman with Primary Lateral Sclerosis — a rare, incurable, progressive motor neuron disease — recovered completely during a 2009 Lourdes pilgrimage, recognized as the 72nd Lourdes miracle on April 16, 2025.
Antonietta Raco: Primary Lateral Sclerosis Healed — The 72nd Recognized Miracle
An Italian woman with Primary Lateral Sclerosis — a rare, incurable, progressive motor neuron disease — recovered completely during a 2009 Lourdes pilgrimage, recognized as the 72nd Lourdes miracle on April 16, 2025.
The body of the Lourdes visionary, displayed at Nevers, is often called incorrupt — but a wax mask covers the face, and natural preservation can account for the rest.
The Incorruptibility of Bernadette Soubirous
The body of the Lourdes visionary, displayed at Nevers, is often called incorrupt — but a wax mask covers the face, and natural preservation can account for the rest.
A 12-year-old Sicilian girl diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma of the knee — told she had six months to live — traveled to Lourdes in 1976 with no improvement, then recovered completely a few months later without treatment.
Delizia Cirolli: Ewing's Sarcoma Vanishes Months After Lourdes Visit
A 12-year-old Sicilian girl diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma of the knee — told she had six months to live — traveled to Lourdes in 1976 with no improvement, then recovered completely a few months later without treatment.
An Austrian woman with documented Addison's disease — chronic adrenal insufficiency — experienced complete and lasting recovery after bathing at Lourdes on August 12, 1950, recognized as miraculous by the Archbishop of Vienna.
Edeltraud Fulda: Addison's Disease Cured at Lourdes
An Austrian woman with documented Addison's disease — chronic adrenal insufficiency — experienced complete and lasting recovery after bathing at Lourdes on August 12, 1950, recognized as miraculous by the Archbishop of Vienna.
A Sicilian woman who spent a decade developing progressive multi-site bone tuberculosis with four draining fistulae, arriving in plaster cast, was declared completely cured within ten days of her 1958 Lourdes visit.
Elisa Aloi: Ten Years of Bone Tuberculosis Healed at Lourdes
A Sicilian woman who spent a decade developing progressive multi-site bone tuberculosis with four draining fistulae, arriving in plaster cast, was declared completely cured within ten days of her 1958 Lourdes visit.
An Italian farmer given months to live with advanced Hodgkin's disease rose from his stretcher after immersion in the Lourdes baths in June 1950 and was declared completely well within three days.
Evasio Ganora: Terminal Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cured at Lourdes Baths
An Italian farmer given months to live with advanced Hodgkin's disease rose from his stretcher after immersion in the Lourdes baths in June 1950 and was declared completely well within three days.
A postal worker paralyzed from the waist down after a catastrophic 1899 train collision, wasting away on a feeding tube, stood and walked at the Lourdes eucharistic procession on August 20, 1901.
Gabriel Gargam: Railroad Accident Survivor Walks After Two Years Bedridden
A postal worker paralyzed from the waist down after a catastrophic 1899 train collision, wasting away on a feeding tube, stood and walked at the Lourdes eucharistic procession on August 20, 1901.
A French woman who had undergone thirteen surgeries over eleven years for tubercular peritonitis, semi-comatose on arrival, awoke and recovered completely at a Lourdes procession in October 1948.
Jeanne Fretel: Eleven-Year Tubercular Peritonitis Resolved at Eucharistic Procession
A French woman who had undergone thirteen surgeries over eleven years for tubercular peritonitis, semi-comatose on arrival, awoke and recovered completely at a Lourdes procession in October 1948.
A Royal Marine severely disabled in the Gallipoli campaign — epileptic, partially paralyzed, right arm immobile — experienced sudden complete recovery at the 1923 Lourdes Eucharistic Procession, recognized as the 71st miracle in December 2024.
John Traynor: WWI Wounded Sailor Walks — The 71st Recognized Miracle
A Royal Marine severely disabled in the Gallipoli campaign — epileptic, partially paralyzed, right arm immobile — experienced sudden complete recovery at the 1923 Lourdes Eucharistic Procession, recognized as the 71st miracle in December 2024.
A Lourdes quarryman blind in one eye from a mining accident washed in the spring water and immediately recovered full sight — the first cure officially recognized by the Church.
Louis Bouriette: Quarryman's Blinded Eye Restored
A Lourdes quarryman blind in one eye from a mining accident washed in the spring water and immediately recovered full sight — the first cure officially recognized by the Church.
In 1858, a 14-year-old French girl reported 18 apparitions of 'a Lady' in a grotto near Lourdes, where a spring emerged that has since been associated with thousands of reported miraculous cures.
Our Lady of Lourdes (Bernadette Soubirous)
In 1858, a 14-year-old French girl reported 18 apparitions of 'a Lady' in a grotto near Lourdes, where a spring emerged that has since been associated with thousands of reported miraculous cures.
A French man with advanced multiple sclerosis recovered after a 1987 Lourdes pilgrimage — recognized as a miracle in 1999 after a twelve-year medical review.
The Lourdes Cure of Jean-Pierre Bély
A French man with advanced multiple sclerosis recovered after a 1987 Lourdes pilgrimage — recognized as a miracle in 1999 after a twelve-year medical review.
A dying 23-year-old woman with advanced peritoneal tuberculosis appeared to recover instantly at Lourdes, witnessed and documented by Dr. Alexis Carrel, later winner of the 1912 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Marie Bailly: Tuberculous Peritonitis Vanishes Before a Nobel Laureate
A dying 23-year-old woman with advanced peritoneal tuberculosis appeared to recover instantly at Lourdes, witnessed and documented by Dr. Alexis Carrel, later winner of the 1912 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
A 32-year-old French woman with arachnoiditis causing total blindness, deafness, and hemiplegia recovered her ability to walk in 1953 and regained both hearing and sight in 1954 — all recognized as miraculous in 1956.
Marie Bigot: Blindness, Deafness, and Hemiplegia All Resolved
A 32-year-old French woman with arachnoiditis causing total blindness, deafness, and hemiplegia recovered her ability to walk in 1953 and regained both hearing and sight in 1954 — all recognized as miraculous in 1956.
A Belgian farm laborer with a compound leg fracture unhealed for eight years claimed instant healing at a replica Lourdes shrine in Oostakker, Belgium — but post-mortem bone examination introduced serious doubts.
Pieter De Rudder: Eight-Year Open Leg Fracture Healed Instantly
A Belgian farm laborer with a compound leg fracture unhealed for eight years claimed instant healing at a replica Lourdes shrine in Oostakker, Belgium — but post-mortem bone examination introduced serious doubts.
A French man with six years of recurring right-sided paralysis and vision loss from bilateral carotid artery disorders felt sudden warmth and complete recovery at Lourdes in 1970 — recognized in 1978 but disputed by American neurologists.
Serge Perrin: Recurring Hemiplegia and Ocular Lesions Healed at Lourdes
A French man with six years of recurring right-sided paralysis and vision loss from bilateral carotid artery disorders felt sudden warmth and complete recovery at Lourdes in 1970 — recognized in 1978 but disputed by American neurologists.
A French Franciscan nun with nearly 50 years of cauda equina syndrome — spinal nerve compression causing chronic paraplegia — recovered completely during a 2008 Lourdes pilgrimage, recognized as the 70th miracle in 2018.
Sister Bernadette Moriau: 70th Lourdes Miracle — Cauda Equina Syndrome Resolved
A French Franciscan nun with nearly 50 years of cauda equina syndrome — spinal nerve compression causing chronic paraplegia — recovered completely during a 2008 Lourdes pilgrimage, recognized as the 70th miracle in 2018.
63% authenticAn Italian soldier with an inoperable sarcoma destroying his pelvis and hip socket recovered completely after a 1963 Lourdes pilgrimage; follow-up X-rays showed the destroyed bone had reconstructed — a case published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Vittorio Micheli: Pelvic Sarcoma Healed — Bone Reconstruction Documented by X-ray
An Italian soldier with an inoperable sarcoma destroying his pelvis and hip socket recovered completely after a 1963 Lourdes pilgrimage; follow-up X-rays showed the destroyed bone had reconstructed — a case published in a peer-reviewed journal.