Saint James Buzabaliao

[Martyrs of Uganda]
Also known as
Yakobo Buuzabalyawo
Jakob Buzabaliawo
Memorial
3 June
Profile
Ngeye clan. Son of the royal bark-cloth maker. Soldier under King Mwanga of Uganda. Convert, baptized in 1885. One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions.
Born
1857 at Buganda, Uganda
Died
burned alive on 3 June 1886 at Namugongo, Uganda
Canonized
18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy
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