Saint Mugagga LUBOWA

Saint Mugagga LUBOWA

Nom: LUBOWA

Prénom: Mugagga

Pays: Ouganda

Naissance:

Mort: 03.06.1886 à Namagongo

Etat: Laïc - Martyr du Groupe des 22 martyrs de l’Ouganda

Note: Elevé par le tailleur du roi. On écrit aussi Mugagga.

Béatification: 06.06.1920 à Rome par Benoît XV

Canonisation: 18.10.1964 à Rome par Paul VI

Fête: 3 juin

Réf. dans l’Osservatore Romano:

Réf. dans la Documentation Catholique: 1964 col.1345-1352

Lubowa was a Muganda of the Leopard (Ngo) clan. His father was Mazinga whohad three wives. The mother was Munanadduli Nassbwa of the Buffalo clan whogave her son another name “Mugagga”, expecting him to amass some fortune. The name means “he is rich” according to the Kiganda custom. Mugagga was sent to Seddu Kakinda, the head of the clan for the better training of the clan affairs.

It was Seddu who presented him to King Mwanga’s services as a page. He worked first in the audience hall under Charles Lwanga and then he was taken to the private section of the enclosure under Joseph Mukasa.

It was these two who gave Lubowa instructions . He had fought hard against blandishments and threat of the King for the virtue of Chastity. He was very much helped by Balikuddembe and Lwanga because he was open to them.

Lubowa was kind cooperative, intelligent, trustworthy, always ready to help others but not caring for himself and dressing rather roughly. He was strong in both body and determination and used to gather his equals for religious instruction, games, handcraft etc. that they used to do during their free time. When the persecution broke out, the night before the arrest, Mugagga was baptized by Charles Lwanga.

He was arrested on Wednesday May 26th 1886 taken to Namugongo and burnt ti death on Thursday noon June 3rd 1886 at the age of sixteen

Mugagga is the patron of clubs, community development, culture and home craft