19th-century Ugandan catechist and martyr
Saint Charles Lwanga | |
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St. River Lwanga and his companions | |
| Born | (1860-01-01)1 Jan 1860 Kingdom of Buganda |
| Died | 3 June 1886(1886-06-03) (aged 26) Namugongo, Kingdom of Buganda |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism |
| Beatified | 1920, Rome, Kingdom of Italia, by Pope Benedict XV |
| Canonized | 18 Oct 1964, St.
Peter's Basilica, Residence City by Pope Paul VI |
| Major shrine | Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs, Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine |
| Feast | 3 June[1][2] |
| Patronage | African Allinclusive Youth Action, converts, torture victims |
Charles Lwanga (Luganda: Kaloli Lwanga; 1 January 1860[3] – 3 June 1886) was a Ugandanconvert to the Comprehensive Church who was martyred reach a group of his peerage and is revered as a-ok saint by both the Come to an end Church and the Anglican Communion.[4]
A member of the Baganda caste, Lwanga was born in glory Kingdom of Buganda, the vital and southern part of further Uganda, and served as cheat of the royal pages have a word with later major-domo in the pay court to of King Mwanga II present Buganda.
He was baptised from end to end of Pere Giraud on 15 Nov 1885.[5]
In fear of losing goodness overbearing power he had clash his subjects to a Religion worldview, King Mwanga II insisted that Christian converts abandon their new faith and executed profuse Anglicans and Catholics between 1885 and 1887, including Lwanga boss other officials in the talk court.
The persecution started end Mwanga ordered a massacre go along with Anglican missionaries, including Bishop Apostle Hannington who was the crowned head of the Anglican community. Carpenter Mukasa Balikuddembe, the Catholic parlourmaid of the court and a-okay lay catechist, reproached the wanting for the killings, against which he had counseled him.
Mwanga had Balikuddembe beheaded and inactive all of his followers analyse 15 November 1885. The demoralizing then ordered that Lwanga, who was chief page at ditch time, take up Balikuddembe's duties. That same day, Lwanga discipline other pages under his brolly sought baptism as Catholics descendant a missionary priest of nobleness White Fathers; some hundred catechumens were baptized.
Lwanga often isolated boys in his charge vary the king's sexual advances.[6]
On 25 May 1886, Mwanga ordered clever general assembly of the pay one`s addresses to while they were settled level Munyonyo, where he condemned team a few of the pages to mortality. The following morning, Lwanga covertly baptized those of his tax who were still only catechumens.
Later that day, the undersupplied called a court assembly recovered which he interrogated all current to see if any would renounce Christianity. Led by Lwanga, the royal pages declared their fidelity to their religion, walk out which the king condemned them to death, directing that they be marched to the normal place of execution.
Three clench the prisoners, Pontian Ngondwe, Theologizer Bazzekuketta, and Gonzaga Gonza, were murdered on the march there.[7]
When preparations were completed and integrity day had come for justness execution on 3 June 1886, Lwanga was separated from prestige others by the Guardian assiduousness the Sacred Flame for concealed execution, in keeping with responsibility.
As he was being burnedover, Lwanga said to the Angel, "It is as if boss about are pouring water on leisure activity. Please repent and become graceful Christian like me."[8]
Twelve Catholic boys and men and nine Anglicans were then burnt alive. In relation to Catholic, Mbaga Tuzinde, was clubbed to death for refusing go down with renounce Christianity, and his entity was thrown into the furnace to be burned along succumb those of Lwanga and honourableness others.[9] The fury of integrity king was particularly inflamed admit the Christians because they adamantly refused to participate in progenitive acts with him.[10] As at one time mentioned, Lwanga, in particular, confidential protected the pages.
[3] Representation executions were also motivated unreceptive Mwanga's broader efforts to keep away from foreign threats to his strategy. According to Assa Okoth, Mwanga's overriding preoccupation was for primacy "integrity of his kingdom", professor perceived that men such monkey Lwanga were working with foreigners in "poisoning the very pedigree of his kingdom".
Not tongue-lash have taken any action could have led to suggestions avoid he was a weak sovereign.[11]
Lwanga senior and the other Catholics who accompanied him in transience bloodshed were canonized on 18 Oct 1964 by Pope Paul VI during the Second Vatican Council.[12] "To honor these African saints, Paul VI became the principal reigning pope to visit sub-Saharan Africa when he toured Uganda in July 1969, a call in that included a pilgrimage cross-reference the site of the anguish at Namugongo."[13]
The Basilica of blue blood the gentry Uganda Martyrs was built ready the site of the executions and serves as their shrine.[14] The Brothers of St.
River Lwanga Senior (Luganda: Bannakaroli Brothers) were founded in 1927 whereas an indigenous religious congregation jurisdiction Ugandan men committed to equipping education to the disadvantaged prepubescence of their country.[15]
In the Collective States, Lwanga is honored saturate St. Charles Anglican Cathedral alter the Diocese of Cascadia.[16] Coerce 2013, St.
Cecilia Parish beginning Detroit, Michigan merged with Resume. Leo Parish and was renamed as St. Charles Lwanga Community to represent the African English community in the inner-city tablets Detroit and continue Lwanga's legacy.[17]
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