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ST MUNGO (ST KENTIGERN) - JANUARY 13

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 13th of January WELCOME! ST MUNGO (ST KENTIGERN) Kentigern (Kentigernus), memorial: January 13 or July 1, the first Bishop of Glasgow (Glascua) in Scotland, is also known as Kentegernus, Kintigernus, Kentegrinus, in Old British Kyndeyrn. Called Mungho or Monghu [Mungo] by the common people, he is one of the most famous saints of the ancient world Church of Northern Britain. This holy man descended from the royal family of the Picts, the oldest inhabitants of Scotland. His mother is said to have been Thames or Thamis [ Theneva ], a daughter of the Pict King Loth. According to Menzel* (Symb. I. 249) , the impending birth of her son - which took place around the year 516 - was announced to her by angels. According to the Bollandists ' biography (provided by Capgravius), St Kentigern's birth took place under wonderful and mysterious circumstances. Butler's * English and German editions, however, do not mention these.  ...