Optional Memorial
Saint Josephine Bakhita
- Feast day
- February 08
- Patron of
- human trafficking survivors
- Origin
- Sudanese
Life
Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped into slavery as a child in Sudan. After gaining her freedom in Italy, she entered the Canossian Sisters and became a symbol of hope for victims of human trafficking.
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