St. Matthew Kohioye
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Patron: Uganda; catechists; martyrs
Birth: c. 1860
Death: May 26, 1886
Canonized: Pope Paul VI
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Saint Matthew Kohioye was a young Ugandan Catholic catechist who embraced the Gospel and served the Christian community during the first evangelization of Buganda. He helped instruct others in the faith and remained devoted to Christ amid growing persecution.
Matthew was killed in 1886 because he would not abandon the Catholic faith. His martyrdom belongs to the witness of the Uganda Martyrs, whom Pope Paul VI canonized in 1964.
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