Achilleus Kewanuka

Saint Achilleus Kewanuka, also known as Achileo Kiwanuka or Achilles Kiwanuka (1869 - June 3, 1886), was a Ugandan Roman Catholic revered as a saint in his church. He served as a clerk in the court of King Mwanga II of Buganda, and converted to the Christian faith under the missionary group known as the White Fathers. Kewanuka was burned alive for his faith on June 3, 1886; he and his companions became known as the Martyrs of Uganda. They were canonized as saints in 1964 by Pope Paul VI. Kewanuka's feast day is celebrated on June 3.
==External links==
*Achileo Kiwanuka
*The Uganda Martyrs from the August 2008 issue of The Word Among Us magazine
*Achilleus Kewanuka's profile from UgandaMartyrsShrine.org
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Category:1869 births
Category:1886 deaths
Category:19th-century executions
Category:19th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
Category:19th-century Christian saints
Category:Child saints
Category:Converts to Catholicism from Pagan religions
Category:Converts to Roman Catholicism
Category:Executed children
Category:Executed Ugandan people
Category:People executed by Buganda
Category:People executed by burning
Category:Ugandan Roman Catholic saints
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