Kentigern of Glasgow

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Kentigern of Glasgow, better known as Saint Mungo, is the 6th-century missionary and patron saint credited with founding the city of Glasgow and spreading Christianity in Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 6th-century person
Christian saint
bishop
founder of Glasgow
missionary
activeInCentury 6th century
associatedWith Glasgow Cathedral NERFINISHED
Glasgow coat of arms NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Strathclyde NERFINISHED
River Clyde NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
Strathclyde NERFINISHED
birthPlace Culross (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Fife (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED
buriedAt Glasgow Cathedral (traditional site) NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art in Glasgow NERFINISHED
St Mungo’s Cathedral (Glasgow Cathedral) NERFINISHED
creditedWith establishing a religious community at Glasgow
founding the city of Glasgow
spreading Christianity in Scotland
deathPlace Glasgow NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Strathclyde NERFINISHED
denomination Celtic Christianity NERFINISHED
era Early Middle Ages
feastDay 13 January
14 January (some traditions)
hasLegend miracle of the bell used to call people to worship
miracle of the bird he restored to life
miracle of the fish that brought up a lost ring
miracle of the tree that did not burn
hasName Kentigern NERFINISHED
Mungo NERFINISHED
Saint Mungo NERFINISHED
St Mungo NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Saint
mother Saint Thenew NERFINISHED
Teneu (Thenew) NERFINISHED
patronSaintOf Glasgow NERFINISHED
Glasgow Cathedral NERFINISHED
the city of Glasgow NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
symbol bell
fish with a ring in its mouth
robin
tree
title Bishop of Glasgow NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Church of Scotland (in a historical and cultural sense) NERFINISHED
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Saint Mungo alsoKnownAs Kentigern of Glasgow