Today in history: Ugandans put on road to sainthood

Oct 20, 2016

The six new “blessed” of the Church included two Ugandans, three Italians and a French woman.

On October 20, 2005

Pope John Paul, who had already set records for creating saints, put six more people on the road to Roman Catholic Sainthood during a solemn ceremony in St Peters Square.

The six new "blessed" of the Church included two Ugandans, three Italians and a French woman.

The Ugandans beatified were Daudi Okello and Jildo Irwa, both of who where killed in northern Uganda in 1918.

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