Saint Kizito
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Saint Kizito (1872 – June 3, 1886) also known as Kizito Omuto, was one of the Martyrs of Uganda and the youngest martyr slain by the King Mwanga II of Buganda. He was baptized on 25/26 May 1886, by Charles Lwanga, the leader of Uganda's Christian community at the time, at Munyonyo, and burned alive on 3 June 1886 in Namugongo. He was canonized on 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI in Rome. His feast day is on June 3. He is considered as the patron saint of children and primary schools.[1]
See also
- St. Kizito, a mixed secondary school in Kenya
- St Kizito Catholic School in Botswana
- Friends of St. Kiizito Rubuguri Primary School in Uganda
External links
- Saint Kizito at Patron Saints Index
- Kizito's profile from Dictionary of African Christian Biography
- Kizito's profile from UgandaMartyrsShrine.org
- LIST OF UGANDA MARTYRS
- The Uganda Martyrs from the August 2008 issue of The Word Among Us magazine
- St. Kizito and his parentage.
- The Family Kizito in Haiti
References
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- 1872 births
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- 19th-century Christian saints
- 19th-century executions by Uganda
- 19th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
- Roman Catholic child saints
- Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions
- Executed children
- Executed Ugandan people
- People executed by Buganda
- People executed by Uganda by burning
- Ugandan Roman Catholic saints