Saint Kizito
| Saint Kizito | |
|---|---|
| Martyr | |
| Born |
1872 Buganda, Uganda |
| Died |
June 3, 1886 1886 (aged 13–14) Namugongo, Uganda |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 1920 by Pope Benedict XV |
| Canonized | October 18, 1964 by Pope Paul VI |
| Major shrine | Basilica Church of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo, Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine |
| Feast | June 3 |
| Patronage | Children, primary schools |
Saint Kizito (1872 - June 3, 1886) was one of the Martyrs of Uganda. The youngest martyr slain by the King Mwanga II of Buganda. He was baptized on 25/26th May 1886, by Charles Lwanga (the leader of Uganda’s Christian community) at Munyonyo, burned alive on 3rd June 1886 in Namugongo. He was canonized on 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome. His feast day is on June 3.
See also
- St. Kizito, a mixed secondary school in Kenya
External links
- Saint Kizito at Find a Grave
- Saint Kizito at Patron Saints Index
- Kizito's profile from Dictionary of African Christian Biography
- Kizito's profile from UgandaMartyrsShrine.org
- The Uganda Martyrs from the August 2008 issue of The Word Among Us magazine
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