Saint Charles Lwanga/Footprints

Footprints for Saint Charles Lwanga are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 6 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

Main article: Footprints

• Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs (Namugongo) – martyrdom & shrine (Martyrdom & legacy) [Public] Shrine – Namugongo, Wakiso District, Uganda, Namugongo, Central Region, Uganda
  • Year: 1886
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Kampala
  • Primary shrine where Charles Lwanga and companions were burned 3 June 1886. Modern basilica and grounds draw millions each Martyrs’ Day — essential East Africa public hub (also visited by John Paul II in 1993).
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_the_Uganda_Martyrs; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lwanga

• Munyonyo Martyrs’ Shrine – arrest & first tortures landscape (Arrest & path to martyrdom) [Public] Shrine – Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
  • Year: 1886
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Kampala
  • Shore of Lake Victoria where the pages were rounded up under Kabaka Mwanga before the walk to Namugongo. Public shrine campus completing the Kampala martyr trail.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munyonyo_Martyrs_Shrine; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lwanga

• Kampala – royal court & early Christian community landscape (Court service & conversion) [Public] Outdoor – Mengo / Lubiri palace landscape, Kampala, Uganda, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
  • Year: 1885
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Kampala
  • Historic Buganda capital landscape of the royal pages’ Christian community under King Mwanga — context for Lwanga’s leadership after Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe’s death.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lwanga; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Martyrs

• Lake Victoria shoreline – walk of the martyrs landscape (Path to martyrdom) [Public] Outdoor – Kampala–Namugongo corridor, Uganda, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
  • Year: 1886
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Kampala
  • Regional corridor of the forced march from the royal court area toward Namugongo execution grounds. Public landscape context between Munyonyo and the basilica.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Martyrs

• Rubaga Cathedral (Kampala) – archdiocesan memory of the martyrs (Legacy) [Public] Church – Rubaga Hill, Kampala, Uganda, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
  • Year: 1925
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Kampala
  • Mother church of the Archdiocese of Kampala overlooking the city — public cathedral stop for pilgrims pairing Namugongo with urban Catholic Kampala.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaga_Cathedral

• St. Peter's Basilica (Rome) – canonization of the Uganda Martyrs (1964) (Legacy) [Public] Church – Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City, Vatican City, Vatican City
  • Year: 1964
  • Diocese: Diocese of Rome
  • Paul VI canonized Charles Lwanga and companions here (18 Oct 1964) — first modern African saints of the 20th-century missions era. Public basilica; Namugongo remains the primary life pin.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lwanga