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Saints of the Month: February

purchased by an Italian consul. He treated her well, and they
lived in Italy where she worked as a nanny until 1889 where the
Italian government declared her to be free. She stayed in Italy
and became a baptised Catholic in 1890, receiving her First Holy
Communion from the future Pope St Pius X. She changed her
name to Josephine, a Christian name, and entered the Institute of
Canossian Daughters of Charity in 1896. She was nicknamed
“Our Black Mother” by the Italians for her spirit and warm heart.
She was recognised for her charity towards the children and the
poor.

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