Megalaimidae, the Asian barbets, are a family of birds, comprising two genera with 35 species native to the forests of the Indomalayan realm from Tibet to Indonesia.

Saint Josephine Bakhita . The first African Saint. Feastday: February 8. Meaning of the names Josephine and Bakhita. The name Bakhita means: "She who is lucky" or rather "Lucky bird" as …

Josephine Margaret Bakhita, FDCC (Arabic: جوزفين بخيتة; c. 1869 – 8 February 1947) was a Sudanese Catholic religious sister who joined the Canossians after winning her freedom from …

St. Josephine Bakhita ; canonized October 1, 2000; feast day February 8) was a Sudanese-born Roman Catholic saint who survived kidnapping and enslavement. She is the patron saint of …

Dec 12, 2024 · St Josephine Bakhita was born in 1869, in Sudan. Her village was surrounded by palms, banana trees, fields, shrubs. Her tribe lived peacefully, working the fields. Her father …

Oct 1, 2000 · JOSEPHINE BAKHITA (1869-1947) Mother Josephine Bakhita was born in Sudan in 1869 and died in Schio (Vicenza) in 1947. This African flower, who knew the anguish of …

Born in 1869 in the village of Olgossa in Sudan, Josephine was kidnapped at age seven and sold into slavery by Arab traders. Her captors named her “Bakhita,” meaning “fortunate” in Arabic, …

Oct 1, 2000 · josephine bakhita (1869-1947) Mother Josephine Bakhita was born in Sudan in 1869 and died in Schio (Vicenza) in 1947. This African flower, who knew the anguish of …

Feb 8, 2025 · The word ‘Bakhita’ means fortunate in the native language of this saint. She was born in Olgossa in the region of Darfur, in Sudan, Africa. It was 1869, when slavery was still …

Jun 18, 2013 · The most heavily harvested nests are from the Edible-nest Swiftlet or White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) and the Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus). The …