Saint Josephine Bakhita/Footprints

Footprints for Saint Josephine Bakhita are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 7 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• Venice – Institute of the Catechumens / Canossian formation (Conversion & freedom) [Public] Outdoor – Venice historic Canossian / catechumenate landscape, Italy, Venice, Veneto, Italy
  • Year: 1890
  • Diocese: Patriarchate of Venice
  • Venetian landscape where Bakhita accompanied Mimmina Michieli to the Canossian catechumenate, was baptized Josephine Margaret Fortunata (9 Jan 1890), and later won legal recognition of her freedom. Public city context for the Italian liberation chapter.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bakhita; https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-josephine-bakhita/

• Canossian convent / Church of the Holy Family (Schio) – tomb of Bakhita (Religious life, death & tomb) [Public] Convent – Canossian Sisters complex, Schio, Vicenza, Italy, Schio, Veneto, Italy
  • Year: 1947
  • Diocese: Diocese of Vicenza
  • Schio convent where Josephine Bakhita lived from 1902, served as doorkeeper, and died 8 Feb 1947. Remains in the adjacent Holy Family church — primary public European pilgrimage pin.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bakhita; https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20001001_giuseppina-bakhita_en.html; https://aleteia.org/2022/02/04/a-pilgrimage-in-the-footsteps-of-st-josephine-bakhita/

• Olgossa / Darfur – birth region association (Childhood) [Limited] Outdoor – Olgossa region, Darfur, Sudan, Olgossa, Darfur, Sudan
  • Year: 1869
  • Diocese: Diocese of El Obeid
  • Birth region (c. 1869) before kidnapping into slavery. Limited regional pin — travel safety judgment required; Schio remains the walkable public hub.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bakhita; https://www.britannica.com/biography/Josephine-Bakhita

• Khartoum / Nile corridor – enslavement & Italian consular years (Enslavement & path to Italy) [Limited] Outdoor – Khartoum historic district, Sudan, Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
  • Year: 1882
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Khartoum
  • Nile capital landscape of later enslavement years and service in the Italian consul’s household before transfer to Italy. Limited; interpret via biography rather than tourism.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bakhita

• Canossa Institute (Verona / Veneto) – religious profession landscape (Religious profession) [Limited] Outdoor – Canossian formation landscape, Veneto, Italy, Verona, Veneto, Italy
  • Year: 1896
  • Diocese: Diocese of Verona
  • Canossian network of northern Italy where she entered (1893) and made final vows (1896) before the Schio assignment. Regional formation landscape.
  • Sources: https://canossiansisters.org/st-josephine-bakhita; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bakhita

• Schio historic centre – “Madre Moretta” civic devotion (Religious life & local fame) [Public] Outdoor – Schio centro, Vicenza, Italy, Schio, Veneto, Italy
  • Year: 1910
  • Diocese: Diocese of Vicenza
  • Walkable Schio streets where townspeople knew Bakhita as doorkeeper and comforter during wartime — civic landscape around the Canossian convent tomb.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bakhita

• St. Peter's Square (Vatican) – canonization of Josephine Bakhita (2000) (Legacy) [Public] Outdoor – Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City, Vatican City, Vatican City
  • Year: 2000
  • Diocese: Diocese of Rome
  • John Paul II canonized Bakhita on 1 October 2000 in the Jubilee of the Year 2000. Public square; Schio tomb is the life-place hub.
  • Sources: https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20001001_giuseppina-bakhita_en.html