25/10/2024
Mwazha was born on 25 October 1918,[3] at Holy Cross Mission, Chirumhanzu District, near the small town of Mvuma, in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe.[4]
Mwazha was initially named Mamvura upon his birth by his mother Saramina, but was later renamed Paul, based on the Catholic tradition of naming newly baptised children by giving them a saint's name.
It is believed that he was baptised by Father Schmidt, a German Roman Catholic missionary. Soon after his birth,[5] it is said that he became seriously ill with influenza, and he was believed to have subsequently died.[6] This prompted his mother to rush him to baptism as well as the last rites at the altar in the church before burial. Immediately after his baptism, Paul is alleged to have sprung back to life. According to the African Apostolic Church, Father Schmidt and the gathered congregation were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they all uttered in Shona, "Mwana amutsirwe basa, mwana amutsirwe basa, mwana amutsirwe basa', loosely translated to English as 'The child has been raised for a mission.'" [7]
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