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 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
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
It is believed that Ninian was a Briton
Possibly
the son of a Christian King
Who
had been educated in Rome,
Who
founded a Church in Whithorn
