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There are other names that perhaps we have heard but did not connect to Black Catholicism. Many may have heard of Sts. Felicitas(Felicity) and Perpetua, St. Augustine, St. Monica, St. Charles Lwanga and Companions( Matthias Mulumba, Joseph Balikuddembe, Denis Ssebuggwawo, Pontian Ngondwe, Andrew Kaggwa, Athanasius Bazzekuketta, Gonzanga Gonza, Noe Mwaggali Luke Banabakintu, James Buzabaliawo, Gyavira, Ambrose Kibuka, Anatole Kiriggwajjo, Achilles Kiwanuka, Kizito, Mbaga Tuzinde, Mugagga, Mukasa Kiriwawanvu, Adolphus Ludigo, Bruno Serunkuma and Jean-Marie Muzeyi ), St. Cyprian of Carthage, St. Moses the Black, St. Benedict the Moor and St. Athanasius. These are the more popular names but what about:
- St. Josephine Bakhita from the Sudan who was enslaved
but became a Canossian Sister of Charity. She was known as the Universal Sister due
to her genuine care and prayers for all people regardless of their color.
- Sts. Timothy and Maura from Egypt, the newlyweds who
were tortured for failing to turn over sacred texts to government officials.
- Blessed Marie Clementine Anuarite from the Belgian Congo
where she entered religious life and was martyred in 1964 while protecting her virginity.
- Blessed Victoria Rasomanarivo from Madagascar who was a
devoted wife and strong lay leader during the late nineteenth century anti Christian
sentiment in her country.
- St. Mary of Egypt, who embraced Christianity as a hermit
in the 5th century.
- St. Thais from Egypt, the wealthy prostitute who gave all
of her wealth to the poor, then dedicated her life to Christ.
- As noted earlier, the list of saints could go on -
accumulating at least 701.
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