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St. Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped as a young girl in Sudan and sold as a slave. She suffered bullying and hardship under different masters. One took her to Italy where she met the Canossian Sisters. She learned about Jesus and became a nun later. She led a holy life of humility, service and charity, inspiring everyone especially her African people. She also forgave her captors and those who caused her much suffering. She is the patron saint of Sudan. Her feast day is on 8 February. St Josephine Bakhita, Josephine Bakhita, Female Saints, Catholic Images, The Saints, Catholic Art, Patron Saints, Blessed Mother, African American History

Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know ...

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Saint Josephine Bakhita: Deemed as "The Lucky One" Yet Had Skin Carved and Salt Poured into Wounds by Mistress St Josephine Bakhita, World Day Of Prayer, Josephine Bakhita, Daughters Of Charity, Maria Goretti, Catholic Quotes, God The Father, The Saints, Catholic Art

St. Josephine Bakhita was born to a wealthy family in Sudan in 1869. The name of her birth parents were never known. St. Josephine Bakhita often experienced terrible humiliation physically and morally, as a result of being kidnapped by slave traders at the age of 7. She was re-sold in the slave markets of El Obid and of Kartoum. She was soon given ...

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Saint John Paul II canonized Saint Josephine Bakhita in the Great Jubilee Year 2000 and her journey to sainthood was a remarkable one.   Abducted and sold into slavery as a young girl, she endured beatings and brandings, but eventually she found freedom from enslavement.  Her family name unknown, upon her baptism into the Catholic … St Josephine Bakhita, Josephine Bakhita, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Giorgio Frassati, Daughters Of Charity, Jesus Crucified, Nuns Habits, Maria Goretti, Path To Enlightenment

Saint John Paul II canonized Saint Josephine Bakhita in the Great Jubilee Year 2000 and her journey to sainthood was a remarkable one. Abducted and sold into slavery as a young girl, she endured beatings and brandings, but eventually she found freedom from enslavement. Her family name unknown, upon her baptism into the Catholic […]

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