Saint Ninian

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Christian missionary bishop late Roman Britain religious figure saint

Saint Ninian was an early Christian missionary and bishop, traditionally credited with bringing Christianity to parts of what is now Scotland in the late 4th or early 5th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Ninian canonical	4
Ninian	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian missionary ⓘ bishop ⓘ late Roman Britain religious figure ⓘ saint ⓘ
activeInCentury	4th century ⓘ 5th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Roman influence on early Scottish Christianity ⓘ early Christianization of the Picts ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Picts NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Whithorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	4th-century Christian saint ⓘ 5th-century Christian saint ⓘ British bishop ⓘ Scottish saint ⓘ
commemoratedBy	St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth NERFINISHED ⓘ St Ninian’s Cave near Whithorn NERFINISHED ⓘ churches dedicated in his name in Scotland ⓘ
cultCenter	Whithorn Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	early 5th century ⓘ late 4th century ⓘ
feastDay	16 September ⓘ 26 August (some traditions) ⓘ
historicity	partly legendary ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
influenced	later Scottish Christian traditions ⓘ
knownFromSource	Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People NERFINISHED ⓘ later medieval hagiographies ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
legacy	pilgrimage traditions at Whithorn ⓘ place-names in Scotland bearing his name ⓘ
patronage	Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland (regional, especially south-west) NERFINISHED ⓘ Whithorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
possibleLatinName	Ninianus NERFINISHED ⓘ Niniavus NERFINISHED ⓘ Nynias NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictish territories in present-day Scotland ⓘ southern Scotland ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
title	bishop ⓘ
traditionallyCreditedFor	bringing Christianity to parts of what is now Scotland ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church some Presbyterian traditions ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth → dedicatedTo → Saint Ninian ⓘ

St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth → namedAfter → Saint Ninian ⓘ

Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland → associatedWith → Saint Ninian ⓘ

subject surface form: Whithorn

Niven → hasGivenNameEquivalent → Saint Ninian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ninian

Whithorn → associatedWith → Saint Ninian ⓘ