Josephine Bakhita Saint

Josephine Margaret Bakhita, F.D.C.C., was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Canossian Religious Sister in Italy, living and working there for 45 years. In 2000 she was declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1869
Birth place
Darfur
Date of deathFebruary 08, 1947
Place of death
Kingdom of Italy , Veneto , Schio

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Saint

beatified by
Pope John Paul II
beatified dateMay 17, 1992
beatified place
Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica
canonized by
Pope John Paul II
canonized dateOctober 01, 2000
canonized place
Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica
venerated in
Catholic Church

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Josephine Bakhita on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ctscatholiccompass.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/b.-Josephine-Bakhita1
  2. http://ncronline.org/node/17100
  3. http://saints.sqpn.com/saintj84.htm
  4. http://www.afrol.com/archive/josephine_bakhita.htm
  5. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VUR6HO
  6. http://www.bakhitamusical.freeservers.com/home.htm
  7. http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/mahdist-revolution-1881-1898
  8. http://www.blackpast.org/?q=view/vignettesGAH
  9. http://www.canossiansisters.org/who.html
  10. http://www.fondazionecanossiana.org/en