I WAS CHRISTIAN

 

In bed on their wedding night his wife said,

“I must say, before we first met, I was Christian”

Her husband said calmly “I don’t care about that”

“Good” She replied “I'm happier as Christina”

AIDAN OF LINDISFARNE

 

Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne

Was an Irish missionary monk

Who was credited in the 6th Century

Of converting the Anglo-Saxons

To Christianity in Northumbria.

He founded a ministry cathedral

On the island of Lindisfarne,

Known as Lindisfarne Priory,

He is credited with restoring

Christianity to Northumbria

Finding allies in his cause by

King Oswald of Northumbria,

And King Oswine of Deira 

So the Apostle of Northumbria 

He died in Bamburgh in 651

After which he was canonized 

Aidan’s Feast Day is August 31st

BELL OF ST NINIAN

 

According to Christian legend

The Clog-rinny, or Bell of St Ninian

At the moment of St. Ninian’s repose,

A bell began to ring by itself,

Announcing the righteous man’s death,

And calling everybody to his deathbed,

He was buried in a stone sarcophagus

Near the altar of his church in Whithorn

Pilgrims flocked to his see his relics

Up to the sixteenth century Reformation

ST NINIAN'S CAVE

 

St Ninian's Cave is in Physgill Glen,

Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway,

Because of its association with Saint Ninian

It is a place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage

The cave also features in the climax

Of the 1973 horror film The Wicker Man

ST NINIAN - APOSTLE TO THE SOUTHERN PICTS

 

Ninian is a Christian 8th century saint,

Who was an early missionary among

The Pictish peoples, in Scotland.

Where he was also known as Ringan

In Northern England he was Trynnian

Ninian's shrine was at Whithorn in Galloway

And he was associated with the Candida Casa 

As the Apostle to the Southern Picts,

Ninian converted them to Christianity

Numerous dedications were made to him

In those parts of Scotland with a Pictish heritage,

From the Scottish Lowlands to Northumbria

Dedications to him are expressions of respect

For the good works that are attributed to him,

There few in the Scottish Highlands and Isles,

Apart from the Kilninian and the Holy Spring

Of St Ninian of the Monastery on the Isle of Mull

The exact year of his death is unknown

But he was buried in a stone sarcophagus

Near the altar of his church in Whithorn

St Ninian's Feast Day is September 16th

ST MUNGO

 

Saint Mungo was a Scottish missionary

In the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde

Spreading Christianity in 6th Century Scotland

And the founded the city of Glasgow

While there he performed four miracles

The Bird, The Tree, The Bell, The Fish,

Mungo's four religious miracles in Glasgow

Are represented in the city's coat of arms.

The City motto is based on Mungo teachings

“Let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the word”

Mungo died in 614 and was buried in Glasgow

Saint Mungo’s Feast Day is January 13th

ST BEDE

 

Saint Bede also known as

The Venerable Bede,

Or Bede the Venerable

Was a 7th Century English monk

Scholar and Author known later as

"The Father of English History"

He served the twin monastery

Of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow

After a lifetime of serving God

Saint Bede died in 715 in Jarrow 

Bede's tomb in the Galilee Chapel

At the west end of Durham Cathedral

Saint Bede’s Feast Day is May 26th