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  Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of March 6
Saint Baldred, a Scottish bishop alleged to have succeeded Saint Kentigern (Mungo) at Glasgow, ended his life as a hermit on the coast of the Firth of Forth.
Saint Colette was untrained and unprepared for the work for which she had been commissioned; she achieved it by the power of faith and holiness, and a determination that no opposition could discourage.
Saint Sezin was a native of Britain who labored in Ireland at the time of Saint Patrick and then crossed over to Guic-Sezni in Brittany, where he is said to have founded a monastery and where his relics are now venerated (Benedictines).
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0306.htm   (2319 words)

  
 Saint Mungo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mungo's mother, Denw, was the daughter of the Brythonic king, Lleuddun (Latin, Leudonus), who ruled in the Haddington region of what is now Scotland.
Mungo's ancestry is recorded in the Bonedd y Saint.
Mungo's four religious miracles in Glasgow are represented in the city's coat of arms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Mungo   (1355 words)

  
 Compass Vol. 14 #3, Saint
Mungo was born into an unprecedented calm: the island was enjoying a twenty-year peace won by the legendary King Arthur.
He had unseated Mungo's paternal grandfather in the north and was swaggering before the bishop as the new king of Strathclyde.
Mungo was a missionary bishop who travelled extensively, but he always felt that a missionary offensive from the south of England was necessary to Christianize the island once and for all.
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 Glasgow's Patron Saint & Coat of Arms
The tree represents a branch which Saint Mungo caused to burst into flames by prayer and used it to re-ignite the monastery fire at Culross.
It is said Saint Mungo retrieved the ring from the belly of the first fish he caught, a salmon, and restored the ring, a token of Love, to Langueth, its rightful owner and wife of King Ridderch of Strathclyde.
Saint Mungo died in 603, although some sources have his death around 601.
www.byresrd.com /info/stmungo.php   (394 words)

  
 Saints of January 14
Saint Euphrasius may be identical with Saint Eucrathius, a correspondent of Saint Cyprian; or else, a bishop martyred in Africa by the Arian Vandals (Benedictines).
Saint Thenaw (Thaney, Thenog, Theneva), a British princess, and the grandson of, perhaps, Prince Urien.
In art Saint Kentigern is represented as an enthroned bishop with a monk at his feet presenting a salmon with a ring in its mouth; a queen with a ring and a king with a sword are near him.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0114.htm   (2757 words)

  
 Mungo's pag
Saint Mungo was a beloved bishop who lived at the turn of the 6th century and is the patron saint of Glasgow.
I assumed she had extracted Mungo, but a few minutes later, when I didn't see him milling around looking for his opening, I peeked into the pantry, and there he was, standing on his hind feet, fully extended and upright, grossly enjoying a tray full of lemon tarts.
Later, the so-called good dog, Mungo's elderly uncle, who only steals food when it is absolutely necessary in order to maintain his honor, surgically removed a piece of lamb from the youngest guest's plate when she was off in pursuit of something with more sugar.
helios.hampshire.edu /~nlNS/Mungo.html   (635 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Kentigern
The Bird commemorates the pet robin owned by Saint Serf, which was accidentally killed by monks who blamed it on Saint Kentigern.
The Fish was one caught by Saint Kentigern in the Clyde River.
The Tree is symbol of an incident in Saint Kentigern's childhood.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintk04.htm   (347 words)

  
 St. Mungo
"Mungo" (meaning "dear one") was a nickname given to him when he was young, and it stuck as an alternative.
Mungo was an apostolic bishop, though still a hermit monk in spirit.
For all the romantic fantasy that clouds his true life-story, it is certain that St. Mungo was a strict ascetic, a devoted bishop, and a man well loved of God.
www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id248.htm   (718 words)

  
 Saint Mungo's Church - Who is Saint Mungo?
Indeed, Mungo apparently had contact with the bishop Columba of Iona near the end of that saint's life.
Mungo comforted the distraught woman and sent a monk to fish the river.
Mungo, the 'dear one', carried out his work of preaching the word for a relatively long time; some information suggests that he died in the first decade of the seventh century in his 80s.
www.saintmungo.org /stmungo.html   (547 words)

  
 mungo - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Park, Mungo (1771-1806), Scottish explorer, born in Foulshiels, Selkirk.
Kentigern was born in the town of Culross, Scotland, and was the first bishop of...
Glasgow grew around a church built in the mid-6th century by Saint Kentigern (also called Saint Mungo), apostle to the Scots.
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 Saint Kentigern, Saints in the Christian Church
Saint Kentigern (also called St Mungo) was an illegitimate child born at Culross on the coast of Fyfe, Scotland.
The legends that grew up around Saint Kentigern include stories of many miracles, some of which are illustrated on the Glasgow City coat of arms.
Saint Kentigern died on 13th January 603 and he is remembered on this day each year by a service in Glasgow Cathredral, where his tomb was once a place of pilgrimage.
www.request.org.uk /main/dowhat/saints/kentigern.htm   (244 words)

  
 Saint Serf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Serf is also somehow connected with Saint Mungo's Church near Simonburn, Northumberland (off the Bellingham Road, north of Chollerford).
Saint Serf is said to have founded the Scottish town of Culross.
Saint Serf is known to have been a contemporary of Saint Mungo, also known as Saint Kentigern.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Serf   (490 words)

  
 Saint Mungo's Church in Glasgow, Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Saint Paul of the Cross, who founded the Passionists, often spoke about the link between Bethlehem and Calvary, the Crib and the Cross.
Jesus says, in Saint John’s gospel, that “God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes might not be lost but might have eternal life”.
Saint Paul of the Cross would say that God is most easily found in and through the humanity of Jesus.
www.saintmungo.org   (345 words)

  
 The Window of St Mungo
St Mungo was one of the most important characters in the Church in Britain in the 6th and early 7th centuries.
The Fish was one caught by Saint Mungo in the Clyde River.
The Tree is symbol of an incident in Saint Mungo’s childhood.
www.lochgilpheadcatholic.com /heritage/windows/10.htm   (393 words)

  
 The Saint Mungo Project
The theme of the project is the life of Saint Kentigern, also called Mungo, who lived in the sixth century.
The patron saint of Glasgow, his symbols (fish, tree, bell and bird) appear on the city seal, coat of arms, and turn up in countless other places.
Also, I am collaborating with Stacey Fox, a New York based independent film-maker, who is incorporating images of my sculptures of Saint Kentigern, photos of his tomb, the Cathedral and other images of Glasgow, interspersed with shots of me in the studio recording the music.
homepage.mac.com /reynardine/MariaAnthony/mungo.html   (559 words)

  
 Saints' Biographies -- K   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
As a young woman, she joined a Franciscan tertiary community (founded by Saint Clare of Assissi) but, when they became the Poor Clares, was sent back to Bologna to be the abbess of the new convent there.
Saint Mungo is thought to have been born in Lothian, in Scotland, and is thought to have founded the church in Glasgow.
The symbol is his because of a story about an unfaithful wife who lost her wedding ring; Kentigern saved her from her husband's wrath when the ring was miraculously found inside the belly of a fish.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /lop_myd/saints/biogs/k.htm   (293 words)

  
 Places to Visit in Scotland - Glasgow Cathedral
Saint Mungo became patron saint of Glasgow and a church, associated with him, was established beside the cemetery and became the centre of Glasgow which grew up around it.
The cathedral was consecrated in 1136 in the presence of King David I.
The tomb of St Mungo is also located here and there are fragments of an old 13th century shrine to the Saint.
www.rampantscotland.com /visit/blvisitglwcath.htm   (376 words)

  
 *Ø*  Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Book of Days | January 13 | Glasgow, Kentigern, Mungo, fish, salmon, ...
She reached Culross, was sheltered by Saint Serf, and gave birth to a child to whom Serf gave the name Mungo (darling).
The most active and influential part of his life was passed under Emperor Constantius II in the East, though he is known as a Father of the Western Church.
Saint Augustine praises him as "the illustrious teacher of the churches." Saint Jerome says that Hilary was "a most eloquent man, and the trumpet of the Latins against the Arians”.
www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/jan13.html   (3336 words)

  
 St Mungo, Patron saint of Glasgow
Kentigern, nicknamed Mungo (meaning ‘dear friend’), was the son of St Thenew and was brought up under the influence of St Serf.
He became a missionary, building on the Christian legacy left in southern Scotland by the Romans and preaching in Strathclyde, Cumbria and Wales, meeting St David and St Columba on his travels.
He was buried in his cathedral in Glasgow and as the city’s patron saint, appears on its arms along with pictorial mementoes of his miracles.
www.visitdunkeld.com /saint-mungo.htm   (79 words)

  
 Clann Arthur : Oor Arthur
Saint Kentigern's mother was Saint Thenew or Enoch (Buried in Glasgow's Saint Enoch Square) who in turn is remembered as the daughter of Loth, sixth century Pagan "King" of Lothian and Orkney.
It is reckoned that Mungo was of a Roman Christian persuasion and it was probably his "Royal" connections that allowed him to establish himself so close to the powerful Govan site, but we must question the interaction of these two differing religious communities.
Mungo's career began to blossom as he continued with his miracle working and indulged in deeds of penitence.
www.clannarthur.com /allpages/oorarthur/kentigern.htm   (3004 words)

  
 Tullibody origins stories
Mungo is said to have been born at Culross.
Saint Mungo (or Kentigern) died on 13th January 603 and he is remembered on this day each year by a service in Glasgow Cathedral, where his tomb was once a place of pilgrimage.
Both St. Serf and St. Mungo are also said to have owed their knowledge of Christianity to St. Ninian - 'the Apostle of the Southern Picts'.
www.angelfire.com /sc3/tullibody/STORIES/stories.html   (1060 words)

  
 St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Saint Mungo was one of the most important characters in the Church in Britain in the 6th and early 7th centuries.
As bishop, Mungo was given his own estate in which to establish a religious and educational community.
The city's coat of arms, containing a bird, bell, ring and fish, it is thought this was all pertaining to miracles that happened to Saint Mungo.
www.victorianhotel-glasgow.co.uk /html/lifeart.htm   (315 words)

  
 Laus Crucis
Tuesday is also the day on which the Cardinals and Bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints are scheduled to examine the proposed miracle for the Canonisation of Blessed Charles (Houben) of Mount Argus, so I’ll be able to pray for them at the tomb of Blessed Charles.
One of the images on the website(shown on the left) is this tapestry of the life of Saint Paul of the Cross, which was hand-woven for the Retreat of the Holy Trinity in Schwarzenfeld when Father Alban was rector.
Mount Argus [Dublin], Highgate [London] and Saint Mungo’s [Glasgow]), he was ably assisted by Brother Alphonsus Zeegers, a Dutch master builder and clerk of works whose last job was building the house in which I write this and who is buried in the Passionists’ grave at Saint Peter’s Cemetery, Dalbeth, Glasgow.
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 Sanctuary - Glasgow Cathedral - Bill Ward - 184/193 - World Wide Panorama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In the 5th century Saint Ninian came to this place and dedicated this area as a Christian burial ground.
The following century Saint Mungo founded a monastic order and built a church after having been chosen to be the bishop.
The date of Saint Mungo's death is given as 13th January, 603, and his tomb is here in the Lower Church of the Cathedral.
geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp1204/html/BillWard.html   (310 words)

  
 Saint Mungo's Cathedral,Glasgow-United Kingdom - SkyscraperCity
Ninian came from Whithorn in Galloway in the 5th century and dedicated a Christian burial ground at Cathures (later Glasgow) in the Kingdom of Strathclyde.
He was born tradition says on the shore in Fife near Culross where the ruins of St. Mungo's chapel are supposed to mark the spot.
Mungo left St. Serf and came to Carnock in Stirlingshire from where he accompanied the corpse of a holy man, Fergus, which was carried on a cart by two untamed oxen.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=177585   (761 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint Kentigern
According to Jocelyn's life of Kentigern, the saint was born at Culross in Fife, and brought up until manhood by St. Serf (or Servanus) at his monastery there; but Skene shows that this connection between the two saints involves an anachronism, as St. Serf really belongs to the following century.
At the age of twenty-five we find Kentigern (the name means "head chief", but he was popularly known as Mungo — in Cymric, Mwyn-gu, or "dear one"), beginning his missionary labours at Cathures, on the Clyde, the site of modern Glasgow.
The Bollandists have printed a special mass for this feast, dating from the thirteenth century.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08620a.htm   (477 words)

  
 HPL: Wizards A to Z: S
Mungo's Hospital when Arthur Weasley was there recovering from a snake bite (OP22).
Healer in charge of the Janus Thickey ward (a closed, longterm ward for patients with permanent spell damage) at St.
Mungo's Hospital at the time of Broderick Bode's assassination (OP23, 25).
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 Glasgow
The coat of arms shows Glasgow's patron saint, Saint Kentigern also known as Saint Mungo, and includes four emblems - the bird, tree, bell, and fish.
The emblems represent miracles Saint Mungo was supposed to have performed.
The motto is derived from Saint Mungo's original sermon: "Let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the word and the praising of thy name".
members.fortunecity.com /glasgow   (670 words)

  
   Scenes
The Mungo Project continues to develop, with many more musical collaborators, further steps toward recording, and plans for a debut production on Saturday, August 17, at St. John's Church in Lawrence.
Saint Kentigern i is considered Scottish, but actually he was the bishop of Cumbria, a region which was at the time between England and Scotland.
Narrative text is edited from the twelfth century manuscript, written by the monk Jocelinus, commissioned by the Bishop Jocelinus, chronicling the life of the sixth century Scottish saint.
www.terraworld.net /mairi/scenes.html   (481 words)

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