Josephine Margaret Bakhita, was a Canossian religious sister who lived in Italy for 45 years, after having been a slave in Sudan. In 2000, she was declared a saint, the first black woman to receive the honor in the modern era.

Schio is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza situated north of Vicenza and east of the Lake Garda. It is surrounded by the Little Dolomites and Mount Pasubio.