BAKHITA From Slave to Saint by ROBERTO ITALO ZANINI

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BAKHITA From Slave to Saint by ROBERTO ITALO ZANINI

When Josephine Bakhita was about nine years old, she was kidnapped near Darfur, Sudan, by Arab slave traders. For several years she was subjected to brutal and humiliating treatment until she was bought by an Italian and taken to Venice, Italy, where she later became a Catholic and a nun. Joyfully and serenely Bakhita served in a convent, school, and infirmary run by Canossian sisters in a small town in northern Italy until her death in 1947. When she was lying in state, hundreds of ordinary people came to see her. Many stories were told of how the simple nun had given comfort, advice, and encouragement as she went about her tasks as cook, advice, and encouragement.  Almost immediately graces and miracles attributed to Bakhita’s intercession began to be reported. Based on Bakhita’s autobiography which, under obedience to her superior, she dictated to a Canossian sister, the canonization files, and many other sources, the author records the life, virtues, and miracles of this daughter of Africa who has come a sister to the whole world. Paper