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The heroine of this modest story was a little negress, who died in
the odor of sanctity in 1855 at the Monastery of the Visitation in
Piemont. She was not quite nine years of age, and was called Amna,
but took the name of Josephine when she was baptized at the Convent
of the Visitation. Rescued from captivity, and consequently from
infidelity and dishonor, by a holy missionary, Fr. Olivieri, the
poor little one, scarcely seven years of age, and already almost
wasted away by the most barbarous treatment, was brought to .Italy
by the good priest who rescued her, and with another little negress
was confided to the charity of the Sisters of the Visitation at
Pignerol. There she lived for nearly two years, was baptized,
became marvellously sanctified, and died, I am told, in the
veritable odor of sanctity. The story begins by the account of her
first years which she gave herself to the Infirmarian who had
charge of her. The oriental coloring and the naivete of her
language give to it all an indefinable charm.
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