Bakhita: From Slave to Saint

Kidnapped as a child near Darfur and enslaved for years, Josephine Bakhita endured unimaginable suffering before finding refuge in Venice and embracing religious life. This meticulously researched biography traces her extraordinary transformation from captive to Catholic nun, drawing on her own dictated autobiography, canonization records, and extensive sources. Journalist Roberto Italo Zanini chronicles how Bakhita's quiet service—as cook, nurse, and doorkeeper in a small Italian convent—touched countless lives and sparked reported miracles after her death in 1947. Her shrine now draws pilgrims worldwide seeking intercession from a saint who intimately understood loss yet radiated unwavering faith. Includes 16 pages of photographs documenting her remarkable journey.