May 182009
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Twenty-two (22) Ugandan converts martyred in the persecutions of King Mwanga. They are
- Achileo Kiwanuka
- Adolofu Mukasa Ludigo
- Ambrosio Kibuuka
- Anatoli Kiriggwajjo
- Anderea Kaggwa
- Antanansio Bazzekuketta
- Bruno Sserunkuuma
- Charles Lwanga
- Denis Ssebuggwawo
- Gonzaga Gonza
- Gyavire
- James Buzabaliao
- John Maria Muzeyi
- Joseph Mukasa
- Kizito
- Lukka Baanabakintu
- Matiya Mulumba
- Mbaga Tuzinde
- Mugagga
- Mukasa Kiriwawanvu
- Nowa Mawaggali
- Ponsiano Ngondwe
- 29 February 1920 by Pope Benedict XV (decree of martyrdom)
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Christian Biographies, by James Keifer
- Christian Biographies, by James Keifer
- Christian Biographies, by James Keifer
- Christian Martyrs of Uganda
- For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Kirken i Norge
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
Reading
The African martyrs add another page to the Church’s roll of honor – an occasion both of mourning and of joy. These African martyrs herald the dawn of a new age. If only the mind of man might be directed not toward persecutions and religious conflicts but toward a rebirth of Christianity and civilization! Africa has been washed by the blood of these latest martyrs, and first of this new age (and, God willing, let them be the last, although such a holocaust is precious indeed). Africa is reborn free and independent. - from the homily at the canonization of Saint Charles Lwanga and companions by Pope Paul VI
MLA Citation
- “Martyrs of Uganda”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 August 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/martyrs-of-uganda/>