Saint Kizito (1872 – June 3, 1886) was one of the

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and the youngest

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slain by the King

Mwanga II of Buganda Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa (1868 – 8 May 1903)D. A. Low''Fabrication of Empire: The British and the Uganda Kingdoms, 1890-1902'' Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 210, note 196. was Kabaka of Buganda from 1884 until 1888 and fro ...

. He was baptized on 25/26 May 1886, by

Charles Lwanga Charles Lwanga (Luganda: Kaloli Lwanga; 1 January 18603 June 1886) 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. A memb ...

, the leader of Uganda's Christian community at the time, at

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, and burned alive on 3 June 1886 in

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. He was

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on 18 October 1964 by

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. His

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is on June 3rd. He is considered as the patron saint of children and primary schools.

External links

*
Saint Kizito
at Patron Saints Index

* ttp://www.ugandamartyrsshrine.org.ug/index.php?ID=104 Kizito's profile from UgandaMartyrsShrine.orgbr>LIST OF UGANDA MARTYRS

The Uganda Martyrs from the August 2008 issue of ''The Word Among Us'' magazineSt. Kizito and his parentage.The Family Kizito in Haiti

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1872 births 1886 deaths 19th-century Christian saints 19th-century executions by Uganda 19th-century Roman Catholic martyrs Roman Catholic child saints Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions Executed children Executed Ugandan people People executed by Buganda People executed by Uganda by burning Ugandan Roman Catholic saints {{saint-stub

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