Patronage
Patron Saint of Nigerian Women
The Catholic Church venerates St. Bakhita of Olossio as the patron saint of Nigerian women. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.
St. Bakhita of Olossio
Feast: September 15“A Nigerian convert and catechist who was one of the first indigenous African religious sisters in West Africa.”
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