Saint Kentigern

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Saint Kentigern, also known as Saint Mungo, is a 6th-century Christian missionary and bishop venerated as the patron saint of Glasgow, Scotland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Kentigern canonical 6
Saint Mungo 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 6th-century person
Christian saint
bishop
missionary
associatedLegend The bell that never rang
The bird that never flew
The fish that never swam
The tree that never grew
associatedWith Glasgow
Kingdom of Strathclyde
River Clyde
Strathclyde
birthPlace Culross, Fife (traditional)
centuryActive 6th century
commemoratedBy Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow coat of arms
deathPlace Glasgow (traditional)
linked to: Glasgow
era Early Middle Ages
feastDay 13 January
hasAlias Kentigern of Glasgow
Saint Mungo
hasCultCenter Culross
Glasgow
hasShrine Glasgow Cathedral
honorificPrefix Saint
liturgicalColor white (for feast in Western tradition)
mother Teneu (Thenew)
nationality Scottish (traditional)
patronage Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
linked to: Glasgow
regionOfActivity Strathclyde
Wales (traditional missionary activity)
religion Christianity
seeAlso City of Glasgow coat of arms
Glasgow Cathedral
symbol bell
fish with a ring in its mouth
robin (bird)
tree
title Bishop of Glasgow
veneratedAs founder of the city of Glasgow (tradition)
patron saint of Glasgow
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Church of Scotland (Reformed tradition, as a historical saint)
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (7)

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

Saint Mungo alsoKnownAs Saint Kentigern
High Kirk of Glasgow dedicatedTo Saint Kentigern
Alloway Auld Kirk dedicatedTo Saint Mungo
linked to: Saint Kentigern
Saint Thenew motherOf Saint Kentigern
Teneu of Lothian child Saint Kentigern
St Mungo’s Cathedral namedAfter Saint Kentigern