Saint Kentigern alias Mungo | |
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Born | 518 AD Culross |
Died | Glasgow, Kingdom of Strathclyde | 13 January 614 (aged 95–96)
Venerated in | |
Major shrine | Glasgow Cathedral |
Feast | 13 January |
Attributes | Bishop with a robin on his shoulder; holding a bell and a fish with a ring in its mouth[1] |
Patronage | Glasgow; Scotland; Penicuik; salmon; those accused of infidelity; against bullies |
Kentigern (Welsh: Cyndeyrn Garthwys; Latin: Kentigernus), known as Mungo, was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow.