May 27

Saint Atanasius Bazzekuketta

May 27th XIX century

Name
Atanasius (Masculino)
Dead
in Nakiwubo, in current Uganda
Celebration
May 27th
In the place of Nakiwubo, in Uganda, saint Atanasius Bazzekuketta, martyr, who as one of the pages of the Royal House, recently baptized, while he was driven to the place of the sacrifice with others for their faith in Christ, prayed to the executioners who killed him there himself, and culminated martyrdom beaten to death. Roman martyrology