Saint Nowa Mawaggali

May 232009

[Martyrs of Uganda]
Also known as

Noe Mawaggali

3 June

Profile

Member of the Ngabi clan. Convert. One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions.

Born

at Buganda, Uganda

stabbed with a spear and torn apart by wild dogs on 31 May 1886 at Mityana, Uganda

29 February 1920 by Pope Benedict XV (decree of martyrdom)

6 June 1920 by Pope Benedict XV

18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy