St. Josephine Bakhita

[Simone57]

Today, February is the feast of a saint I have never heard of until today.  She was a religious sister who was born in Sultanate of Darfur.   She passed away in Schio, Italy.  She had a remarkable life.  She was kidnapped and taken from her family to be a slave.  Named Bakhita, which means lucky in Arabic she was a victim of human trafficking.  She was abducted at an early age.   At the age of 12 she was baptized after being taken to live with a family in Italy.  She later became a nun joined a convent in Venice.  She is now known as the patron saint of victims of human trafficking. 

[CyrilSebastian]

Josephine's respected and reasonably prosperous father was the brother of the village chief.