Ambrosio Kibuuka
Ugandan Roman Catholic martyr
Feast: 3 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Ambrosio Kibuuka (1868 – June 3, 1886) aka (Ambrose Kibuuka Katekamu, Kateka Mulundaggana), was a Ugandan Catholic martyr killed for his faith around 1886. He was born in Buganda. He was one of many Christians put to death by King Mwanga II between 1885 and 1887. His day of martyrdom was June 3, when he was burned alive, and when he is remembered as one of the Martyrs of Uganda's feast day.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Santi e Beati — Santi Martiri dell'Uganda (Carlo Lwanga e compagni), festa 3 giugno — Ambrose Kibuuka is one of the twenty-two Catholic Uganda Martyrs: beatified by Benedict XV on 6 June 1920 and canonised by Paul VI on 18 October 1964; burned alive at Namugongo on 3 June 1886. Also on the Archdiocese of
- Wikidata Q4741909 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ambrosio Kibuuka (CC BY-SA)
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