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Saint Andrew Kaggwa

Ugandan saint
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Saint Andrew Kaggwa was one of the Martyrs of Uganda, a group of 45 Anglican and Roman Catholic Christians executed between 1885 and 1887 under the rule of Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda. Kaggwa, the chief of Kigowa, was a Roman Catholic convert and a leader among the Christian pages. He was martyred along with other Christians who had received religious instruction. The Roman Catholic martyrs were canonized in 1964, and their feast day is June 3rd. The persecution of Christians in Uganda was a complex period involving religious and political tensions.123

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  1. Martyrs of Uganda
  2. List of Saints - Ugandan
  3. list of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus - St. Andrew
  4. Uganda - Religion of Uganda
  5. Sir Apolo Kagwa
  6. Uganda - Bunyoro and Buganda

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