The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a depiction of the Blessed Virgin according to the visions experienced in 1858 by a young French girl, Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (Bernadette). Mary was incredibly beautiful. In the last but one apparition she revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, and told the girl to dig into the earth until a spring of water which has curative powers appeared.