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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ