Lourdes
/lʊəd,〈法〉luʀd/- a town in SW France, at the foot of the Pyrenees; pop. 15,698 (2006). It has been a major place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage since in 1858 a young peasant girl, Marie Bernarde Soubirous (St Bernadette), claimed to have had a series of visions of the Virgin Mary.罗蒂斯(法国西南部小镇, 位于比利牛斯山麓, 2006年人口 15,698; 自从1858年乡村姑娘玛丽·贝尔纳德·苏比鲁[圣贝尔纳德]宣称在这里看到了圣母马利亚现身后, 此处便成为天主教的主要朝圣地之一)。