Saint Mungo

Saint Kentigern alias Mungo
Saint Kentigern alias Mungo
	Kentigern with a robin, a bell and a fish with a ring in its mouth
Born	518 AD; Culross
Died	13 January 614 (aged 95–96); Glasgow, Kingdom of Strathclyde
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion; Presbyterian Church; Eastern Orthodox Church;
Major shrine	Glasgow Cathedral
Feast	13 January
Attributes	Bishop with a robin on his shoulder; holding a bell and a fish with a ring in its mouth
Patronage	Glasgow; Scotland; Penicuik; salmon; those accused of infidelity; against bullies

Kentigern (Welsh: Cyndeyrn Garthwys; Latin: Kentigernus), known as Mungo, was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow.

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