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Charles Lwanga (Luganda: Kaloli Lwanga; 1 January 1860 – 3 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 member of the Baganda tribe, Lwanga was born in the Kingdom of Buganda, the central and southern part of modern Uganda, and served as chief of the royal pages and later major-domo in the court of King Mwanga II of Buganda. He was baptised by Pere Giraud on 15 November 1885. (Full article...)
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Patronage: African Catholic Youth Action, converts, torture victims
See also: Genesius (bishop of Clermont); Adamo Abate; Juan Grande Román, Spain; Achilleus Kewanuka, Uganda