St. Anatoli Kiriggwajjo Profile – Uganda Martyrs

SAINT ANATOLI KIRIGGWAJJO

He was a Munyoro from Kyaka in Tooro. He was a skilled hunter and a good herdsman. He used his talents whenever he had a chance to.

He served in the inner palace, and the King, who loved him, promoted him to a post of catering for his wives’ rooms and commodities from outside. Anatoli found out that the post would destroy his beloved virtue of chastity. He thus dared to decline the post though he was sure that it would result into the loss of his life. But this time though the King got annoyed, he did not order his death. When the Christian persecution began, the King singled him out and said: “This Mu-nyoro page, refused the post I gave him, thus despising me”.

He was burnt to death on June 3, 1886.

He is Patron of hunters and herdsmen.