Kizito

Kizito

Infobox Saint
name=Saint Kizito
birth_date=1872
death_date=June 3 1886
feast_day=June 3
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church


imagesize=
caption=Kizito and his companions
birth_place=Buganda, Uganda
death_place=Namugongo, Uganda
titles=Martyr
beatified_date=1920
beatified_place=
beatified_by=Pope Benedict XV
canonized_date=October 18 1964
canonized_place=
canonized_by=Pope Paul VI
attributes=
patronage=Children, primary schools
major_shrine=Basilica Church of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo
suppressed_date=
issues=

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 burned alive in 1886. He was canonized on 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome.

His feast day is celebrated June 3.

ee also

*St Kizito, Capetown

External links

* [http://saints.sqpn.com/saintk14.htm Saint Kizito] at Patron Saints Index
* [http://wau.org/archives/article/the_uganda_martyrs/ The Uganda Martyrs from the August 2008 issue of "The Word Among Us" magazine]
* [http://www.ugandamartyrsshrine.org.ug/index.php?ID=104 Kizito's profile from UgandaMartyrsShrine.org]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmid=46918087&GRid=29213153& Kizito's memorial page on Find A Grave]
* [http://www.dacb.org/stories/uganda/kizito_.html Kizito's profile from Dictionary of African Christian Biography]


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