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She asked pardon of everyone . Her passion was consummated ; like the Saviour , she had the nails and the crown of thorns , the scourged limbs , the pierced side . Like Him she raised her eyes to heaven , extended her arms in the form of a cross , and uttered a loud cry : `` My God ! '' And , like Him , she said , towards three o'clock : `` I thirst . '' She moistened her lips in the glass , then bowed her head and expired . Thus , very glorious and very holy , died the Visionary of Lourdes , Bernadette Soubirous , Sister Marie-Bernard , one of the Sisters of Charity of Nevers . During three days her body remained exposed to view , and vast crowds passed before it ; a whole people hastened to the convent , an interminable procession of devotees hungering after hope , who rubbed medals , chaplets , pictures , and missals against the dead woman 's dress , to obtain from her one more favour , a fetish bringing happiness .