Saint Josephine Bakhita

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Saint Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Catholic nun in Italy, renowned for her profound faith, forgiveness, and eventual canonization as a saint.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Josephine Bakhita canonical 2
Bakhita 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic nun
Catholic saint
former slave
human
baptismDate 1890-01-09
beatifiedBy Pope John Paul II
canonizationStatus canonized saint
causeOfDeath illness
convertedTo Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Sudan
dateOfBeatification 1992-05-17
dateOfBirth 1869-01-01
dateOfCanonization 2000-10-01
dateOfDeath 1947-02-08
ethnicGroup Daju
familyName Bakhita
feastDay February 8
givenName Josephine
hasCause patronage against human trafficking
hasTitle Saint
Virgin
memberOf Canossian Daughters of Charity
nativeLanguage Daju language
linked to: Daju languages
notableFor being a former slave who became a saint
deep Christian faith
forgiveness of her enslavers
notableWork autobiographical testimony dictated to the Canossian Sisters
occupation nun
religious sister
patronage Sudan
victims of human trafficking
victims of slavery
placeOfBirth Darfur
linked to: Darfur region

Olgossa
Sudan
placeOfDeath Italy
Schio
Vicenza
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Roman Catholicism
residence Schio
Venice
sexOrGender female
subjectOf Devotion to Saint Josephine Bakhita
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spe Salvi mentionsFigure Saint Josephine Bakhita
Saved in Hope mentions Saint Josephine Bakhita
Saint Josephine Bakhita familyName Bakhita
linked to: Saint Josephine Bakhita