Patronage
Patron Saint of Sudan
The Catholic Church venerates St. Josephine Bakhita as the patron saint of Sudan. 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. Josephine Bakhita
Feast: February 8“A Sudanese woman who was kidnapped into slavery as a child, eventually found freedom and faith, and became a Canossian nun in Italy.”
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