Charles Lwanga
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 138 years ago |
Date of birth | January 1,1860 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Buganda |
Uganda | |
Date of died | June 3,1886 |
Died | Namugongo |
Kampala | |
Uganda | |
Nationality | Ugandan |
Feast | 3 June |
Canonized | 18 October 1964 |
Uganda | |
Pope Paul VI | |
Major shrines | Uganda Martyrs Catholic Shrine Namugongo |
Munyonyo Martyrs' Shrine | |
Patronag | African |
Canon | 18 October 1964, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
Beatifi | 1920, Rome, Kingdom of Italy, by Pope Benedict XV |
Major shrine | Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 791569 |
Charles Lwanga Life story
Charles Lwanga was a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church who was martyred with a group of his peers and is revered as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.