Saint Mungo

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Saint Mungo, also known as Saint Kentigern, is the 6th-century Christian missionary and patron saint of Glasgow, celebrated for founding the city and performing numerous miracles.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Saint Mungo canonical 22
Apostle of Strathclyde 1
Saint Kentigern 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
patron saint ⓘ
person from the 6th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kentigern of Glasgow ⓘ
Saint Kentigern ⓘ
associatedWith Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
River Clyde region ⓘ
linked to: Strathclyde region

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow ⓘ
founding of Glasgow ⓘ
birthDate 6th century ⓘ
birthPlace Culross, Fife (traditional) ⓘ
Kingdom of Fife (traditional) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Fife
burialPlace Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation ⓘ
commemoratedBy St Mungo’s Day celebrations in Glasgow ⓘ
churches dedicated to Saint Mungo in Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 13 January 614 (traditional) ⓘ
deathPlace Glasgow ⓘ
denomination Celtic Christianity ⓘ
depictedIn coat of arms of Glasgow ⓘ
feastDay 13 January ⓘ
14 January (some calendars) ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
languageOfName Brythonic ⓘ
legendaryMiracle the bell that never rang (calling people to prayer) ⓘ
the bird that never flew again (restoring a dead robin to life) ⓘ
the fish that never swam (recovering a ring from a fish) ⓘ
the tree that never grew (keeping a fire alive with a hazel branch) ⓘ
meaningOfName “dear one” or “my beloved” (Mungo) ⓘ
mentor Saint Serf ⓘ
mother Saint Thenew ⓘ
Teneu of Lothian ⓘ
notableFor evangelizing the Strathclyde Britons ⓘ
founding a religious community at Glasgow ⓘ
numerous miracles in hagiographic tradition ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
patronSaintOf Glasgow ⓘ
Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
the city of Glasgow ⓘ
linked to: Glasgow
regionOfActivity Glasgow area ⓘ
linked to: Glasgow City Region

Strathclyde ⓘ
Wales (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Wales
religion Christianity ⓘ
symbol bell ⓘ
fish with a ring in its mouth ⓘ
robin ⓘ
tree ⓘ
title Apostle of Strathclyde ⓘ
linked to: Saint Mungo

Bishop of Strathclyde ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Presbyterian traditions in Scotland ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Glasgow Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Glasgow Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Kentigern ⓘ
linked to: Saint Mungo
Glasgow Cathedral → namedAfter → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Glasgow Cathedral → hasBurial → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Saint Mungo → title → Apostle of Strathclyde ⓘ
linked to: Saint Mungo
High Kirk of Glasgow → dedicatedTo → Saint Mungo ⓘ
High Kirk of Glasgow → hasBurialOf → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Kentigern of Glasgow → hasName → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Saint Thenew → motherOf → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Saint Serf → mentorOf → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Saint Serf → teacherOf → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Saint Kentigern → hasAlias → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Teneu of Lothian → child → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Teneu of Lothian → associatedWith → Saint Mungo ⓘ
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art → namedAfter → Saint Mungo ⓘ
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art → patronSaintOfCity → Saint Mungo ⓘ
St Mungo’s Cathedral → namedAfter → Saint Mungo ⓘ
St Mungo’s Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Mungo ⓘ
St Mungo’s Church, Simonburn → dedicatedTo → Saint Mungo ⓘ
subject linked to: Simonburn
Saint Enoch → motherOf → Saint Mungo ⓘ
Saint Enoch → associatedWith → Saint Mungo ⓘ