Communio Sanctorum

Josephine Bakhita

Formerly enslaved Sudanese woman who found freedom, baptism and a life of radiant forgiveness among the Canossians.

Feast: 8 FebruaryReligiousSudan and Italy

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Life and witness

Formerly enslaved Sudanese woman who found freedom, baptism and a life of radiant forgiveness among the Canossians.

Biographical overview

Josephine Margaret Bakhita, (Arabic: جوزفين بخيتة; c. 1869 – 8 February 1947) was a Sudanese Catholic religious sister who joined the Canossians in 1896 after winning her freedom from slavery. She served in Italy for 50 years until her death in 1947. She was canonized in 2000, becoming the first female black Catholic saint in the modern era.

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