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(Created page with "{{Saints |SaintName=Saint Josephine Bakhita |SaintStage=Saint |SaintBirthDate= |SaintBirthPlace=Olgossa, Darfur, Sudan |SaintBirthCoordinates=12.5000, 24.5000 |SaintDeathDate=02-08-1947 |DeathPlace=Schio, Vicenza, Italy |SaintDeathCoordinates=45.5333, 11.3167 |SaintCauseOfDeath=natural causes |NotableAddress1=Canossian Sisters' Convent, Schio, Vicenza, Veneto 36015, Italy |NotableLabel1=Site of religious profession and final ministry |NotableCoordinates1=45.5333, 11.3167...") |
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As a sister from 1893, her labor included portress, cook, and seamstress at Schio, Veneto.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5601 |title=St. Josephine Bakhita - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Hagiographic forgiveness unverified, but her biography evidences joyful service. | As a sister from 1893, her labor included portress, cook, and seamstress at Schio, Veneto.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5601 |title=St. Josephine Bakhita - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Hagiographic forgiveness unverified, but her biography evidences joyful service. | ||
===Vocation=== | |||
Bakhita's vocation to the Canossians emerged during her time with the sisters, confirmed by baptism and entry as postulant on 25 December 1890, taking vows on 8 December 1893.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-josephine-bakhita |title=Saint Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> She embraced consecrated life as gratitude for freedom, serving humbly for 50 years. | Bakhita's vocation to the Canossians emerged during her time with the sisters, confirmed by baptism and entry as postulant on 25 December 1890, taking vows on 8 December 1893.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-josephine-bakhita |title=Saint Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> She embraced consecrated life as gratitude for freedom, serving humbly for 50 years. | ||
Her charism of forgiveness extended to speaking on slavery, per testimonies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bakhitacharities.org/saint-bakhita-bio |title=Biography |publisher=Bakhita Charities |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Tradition holds Marian calls, but verifiable convent records affirm obedience. | Her charism of forgiveness extended to speaking on slavery, per testimonies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bakhitacharities.org/saint-bakhita-bio |title=Biography |publisher=Bakhita Charities |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Tradition holds Marian calls, but verifiable convent records affirm obedience. | ||
===Death=== | |||
In declining health from 1946, Bakhita received last rites on 3 February 1947, dying peacefully on 8 February at age 78 in Schio, as per convent annals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bakhita |title=Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Buried in the sisters' cemetery, her funeral drew crowds with reports of a sweet odor. | In declining health from 1946, Bakhita received last rites on 3 February 1947, dying peacefully on 8 February at age 78 in Schio, as per convent annals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bakhita |title=Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Buried in the sisters' cemetery, her funeral drew crowds with reports of a sweet odor. | ||
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Saint Josephine Bakhita met her end peacefully in old age, her death the capstone of forgiven life. | Saint Josephine Bakhita met her end peacefully in old age, her death the capstone of forgiven life. | ||
===Significant events=== | |||
* Kidnapped from Sudan and enslaved (c. 1876).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-josephine-bakhita |title=Saint Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> | * Kidnapped from Sudan and enslaved (c. 1876).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-josephine-bakhita |title=Saint Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> | ||
* Arrived in Italy with Michieli family (1885). | * Arrived in Italy with Michieli family (1885). | ||
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* Canonized by Pope John Paul II (1 October 2000).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bakhitacharities.org/saint-bakhita-bio |title=Biography |publisher=Bakhita Charities |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> | * Canonized by Pope John Paul II (1 October 2000).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bakhitacharities.org/saint-bakhita-bio |title=Biography |publisher=Bakhita Charities |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> | ||
===Significant locations=== | |||
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