In 1858 she had eighteen apparitions of the Immaculate Mother of God in the Massabielle grotto. But Bernadette had to endure a lot of hostility. In 1866 she entered the monastery of the Caritas and School Sisters in Nevers, where she cared for the sick. She died on April 16, 1879. Her body is not decomposed. She is depicted as a nun or a peasant girl, kneeling with a rosary.
