Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Martyrs of Uganda summarizes the 1885 to 1887 executions at the court of Kabaka Mwanga the Second, giving the widely repeated totals of twenty two Roman Catholic and twenty three Anglican converts killed, the dates of the principal executions at Namugongo, and the Catholic Church's 1964 canonization of the Catholic martyrs. It serves here as an independent general reference corroborating the totals and dates Faupel's narrative history establishes in fuller detail.
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AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica 1 PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 1 URLhttps://www.britannica.com/event/Martyrs-of-Uganda 1 Assessment
Reliability TierAn editorially reviewed general encyclopedia entry rather than a specialist monograph; used here to corroborate Faupel's totals and dates from an independent general reference rather than as the primary account. Sources
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