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name: "Saint Luke Baanabakintu"
id: "HIST-SAINT-LUKE-BAANABAKINTU-001"
remembered_for: "One of the twenty-two Martyrs of Uganda canonized with Saints Charles Lwanga and Matthias Mulumba Kalemba."
birth_coordinate: "1851?, Gomba (Mpigi), Uganda"
death_coordinate: "3 June 1886, Namugongo, Mpigi, Uganda (martyr; aged about 34)"
eras: ["Martyrs of Uganda (1885-1887)"]
linked_figures: ["Saint Charles Lwanga", "Saint Matthias Mulumba"]
cosmic_vault_pillars:
  - "Historical Profiles"
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image_context: "assets/images/profiles/saint_luke_baanabakintu_context.webp"
source: "GCatholic.org, saint record: Saint Lucas Banabakintu. https://gcatholic.org/saints/data/saints-LU#66475 (accessed 2 October 2026); Pope Paul VI, homily for the canonization of Charles Lwanga, Matthias Mulumba Kalemba and twenty companion martyrs of Uganda, 18 October 1964. Holy See. https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/la/homilies/1964/documents/hf_p-vi_hom_19641018_martiri-uganda.html"
source_url: "https://gcatholic.org/saints/data/saints-LU#66475 ; https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/la/homilies/1964/documents/hf_p-vi_hom_19641018_martiri-uganda.html"
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# Saint Luke Baanabakintu

*Short verified facts only. No public-domain biography of this martyr is available, so no narrative is given.*

One of the twenty-two Martyrs of Uganda canonized with Saints Charles Lwanga and Matthias Mulumba Kalemba.

## Facts

- Name: Lucas (Lukka) Banabakintu
- Born: 1851?, Gomba (Mpigi), Uganda
- Died: 3 June 1886, Namugongo, Mpigi, Uganda (martyr; aged about 34)
- State of life: Layperson
- Beatified: 6 June 1920
- Canonized: 18 October 1964, by Pope Paul VI
- Feast: 3 June

## Sources

- GCatholic.org, saint record: Saint Lucas Banabakintu. https://gcatholic.org/saints/data/saints-LU#66475 (accessed 2 October 2026)
- Pope Paul VI, homily for the canonization of Charles Lwanga, Matthias Mulumba Kalemba and twenty companion martyrs of Uganda, 18 October 1964. Holy See. https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/la/homilies/1964/documents/hf_p-vi_hom_19641018_martiri-uganda.html