canonized_place canonized_by beatified_place death_date death_place canonized_date birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in patronage birth_date image article_title name beatified_date beatified_by
st. peter 's basilica , vatican city , pope john paul ii st. peter 's basilica , vatican city , 8 february 1947 schio , veneto , republic of italy 1 october 2000 olgossa , darfur , sudan 8 february 180px roman catholic church sudan ca. 1869 j_bakhita . jpg josephine bakhita
 st. josephine margaret bakhita , f.d.c.c. 17 may 1992 pope john paul ii
josephine bakhita

josephine margaret bakhita , f.d.c.c. , -lrb- ca. 1869 - 8th of february 1947 -rrb- was a sudanese-born former slave who became a canossian religious sister in italy , living and working there for 45 years .
in 2000 she was declared a saint by the catholic church .
