Bernarda Heimgartner
Swiss religious, co-founder and first Superior General of the Sisters of the Holy Cross of Menzingen, declared Venerable in 1994.
First name and chronology
2 saints and blesseds bear the name Bernarda, between 1808 and 1879; the most famous is Bernadette Soubirous, celebrated on April 16th.
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Swiss religious, co-founder and first Superior General of the Sisters of the Holy Cross of Menzingen, declared Venerable in 1994.
Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879), a native of Lourdes, received eighteen apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1858 and ended her short life as a religiou…