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Andrew Kaggwa
Ugandan catholic martyr
SaintResearchedBugandaPost-1588
Feast: 3 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1856
Died
1886
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Munyonyo in Uganda, Saint Andrew Kaggwa, martyr, who, chief of the drummers of King Mwanga and a member of his household, recently initiated into Christ, taught the doctrine of the Gospel to pagans and catechumens and for this was cruelly killed.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 26 May as King Mwanga's chief drummer, killed for teaching the Gospel.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 26 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4757568 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Andrew Kaggwa (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.