Bakhita: From Slave to Saint

by Roberto Italo Zanini

Book Overview

When she was about nine years old, Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped near Darfur, Sudan, by Arab slave traders. For several years she was subjected to brutal and humiliating treatment until she was ransomed and taken to Venice, Italy, where she became a Catholic and a nun.

Joyfully and serenely Bakhita served in a convent, school and infirmary run by Canossian sisters in a small, obscure town in northern Italy until her death in 1947. Then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586176897
• ISBN13: 9781586176891
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

An Amazing Story of Strength through Humility.

How Bakhita became a canonized saint known throughout the world is the well-told story in this riveting biography. Anyone who has seen the movie of her life should read the book to get the true story, not the fictionalized version of the film.