Saint Ponsiano Ngondwe

May 232009

[Martyrs of Uganda]
Also known as

Pontian Ngondwe

3 June

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Nnyonyi Nnyange clan. Soldier. Convert. One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions.

Born

at Buganda, Uganda

beheaded and dismembered on 26 May 1886 at Ttakajjunge, 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