The two shepherds Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat were uneducated, illiterate, did not practice much of their Catholic faith or prayed much before the visions. For example, Melanie did not even know the full words of the Our Father.

The two shepherds Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat were uneducated, illiterate, did not practice much of their Catholic faith or prayed much before the visions. For example, Melanie did not even know the full words of the Our Father.