births
January 7, 1844
Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (died 1879)
Bernadette Soubirous
Bernadette Soubirous, SCN, also known as Bernadette of Lourdes, was a miller's daughter from Lourdes, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing apparitions of a "young lady" who asked for a chapel to be built at the nearby cave-grotto. These apparitions occurred between 11 February and 16 July 1858, and the young lady who appeared to her identified herself as the "Immaculate Conception".
January 7
January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year.