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Saint Mukasa Kiriwawanvu

3 June

Profile

Ndiga clan. Served at the Ugandan royal table. Convert. One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions.

Born

at Buganda, Uganda

burned alive on 3 June 1886 at Namugongo, 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

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition

MLA Citation

“Saint Mukasa Kiriwawanvu“. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 October 2018. Web. 9 December 2021. <>