Saint Thenew

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Saint Thenew is a legendary early Christian figure in Scottish tradition, venerated as the mother of Saint Mungo and associated with the origins of the city of Glasgow.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Thenew canonical 3
St Tenew 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish saint
female saint
legendary Christian figure
medieval Scottish legendary figure
associatedWith Culross
Glasgow
River Forth
founding legends of Glasgow
country Scotland
cultCenter Culross in Fife
Glasgow
feastDay not firmly established and varies in different traditions
gender female
hasAlternativeName St Enoch
linked to: St Enoch Centre

St Tenew
linked to: Saint Thenew

St Theneu
St Theneva
linked to: Saint Domneva

St Thenog
Thenew of Glasgow
Thenog
hasLegend She was cast adrift or set adrift while pregnant and miraculously survived to give birth to Saint Mungo.
She was persecuted or condemned due to an out‑of‑wedlock pregnancy in some versions of her story.
historicity legendary or semi‑legendary
languageOfName Brittonic
Scottish Gaelic
memorial St Enoch Square, Glasgow
linked to: St Enoch Square

St Enoch subway station, Glasgow
motherOf Saint Kentigern
Saint Mungo
nameEtymology The modern Glasgow place‑name St Enoch is derived from her name.
patronage Glasgow (indirectly, through her association with Saint Mungo)
religion Christianity
roleInTradition mother of Glasgow’s patron saint
timePeriod early medieval period
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Scotland

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Mungo mother Saint Thenew
Kentigern of Glasgow mother Saint Thenew
Saint Thenew hasAlternativeName St Tenew
linked to: Saint Thenew
Saint Enoch hasNameVariant Saint Thenew