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  2. Josephine Bakhita - Wikipedia

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    On 1 October 2000, she was canonized as Saint Josephine Bakhita. She is venerated as a modern African saint, and as a statement against the brutal history of slavery. She is regarded as the patron saint of both the country [26] and the Catholic Church in Sudan. Caritas Bakhita House in London, which provides accommodation and support for women ...

  3. Escrava Anastacia - Wikipedia

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    Statue of the Escrava Anastácia at Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Salvador, Brazil. While there are reports of black Brazilians venerating an image of a slave woman wearing a facemask throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, the first wide-scale veneration of the Saint began in 1968 when the curators of the Museum of the Negro, located in the annex of the Church of Our Lady of ...

  4. List of Africans venerated in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    In the first centuries of the Catholic Church, Africa produced many of her leading lights. The Catholic presence in Africa was weakened by the schism following the Council of Chalcedon which resulted in the separation between the Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Church, and even more so by the rise of Islam. Following the Arab conquest of northern ...

  5. List of Catholic saints - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...

  6. Lists of saints - Wikipedia

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    It lists of hundreds of saints from Ireland and beyond. [1] In various religions, a saint is a revered person who has achieved an eminent status of holiness, known as sainthood. The word saint comes from the Latin word sanctus, meaning ' holy ', and although saint has been applied in other religious contexts, the word has its origins in ...

  7. Category:Female saints - Wikipedia

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    It includes Saints that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Female saints . The saints in these categories are recognized as saints by various Christian churches or other religious bodies.

  8. Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history

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    Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tennessee – knew The post Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history appeared first on ...

  9. Saint Sarah - Wikipedia

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    Saint Sarah, also known as Sara-la-Kâli ("Sara the Black"; Romani: Sara e Kali), is the patron saint of the Romani people in Folk Catholicism. The center of her veneration is Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer , a place of pilgrimage for Roma in the Camargue , in Southern France .