Why is Saint Bernadette the patron saint of the poor and sick?

Bernadette of Lourdes is the patron saint of:

•against bodily ills

•against illness

•against poverty

•against sickness

•Lourdes, France

•people ridiculed for their piety

•poor people

•shepherdesses

•shepherds

•sick people

She was always in poor health and came from a very poor family, thus her patronage of those two groups.