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Feast Day: June 03  Also
known as
Karoli
Lwanga
Memorial
3 June
Profile
Ngabi clan.
Servant of
King Mwanga of
Uganda.
Convert, joining the Church in June
1885. One of the
Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions.
Born
1865 at Bulimu, Buganda,
Uganda
Died
burned to death in
1886 at Namugongo, Uganda
Canonized
18 October
1964 by
Pope
Paul VI at
Rome,
Italy
Patronage
African Catholic Youth Action,
Catholic youth,
converts,
torture victims
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