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

ST NINIAN OF WHITHORN

 

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

NIALL OF THE NINE HOSTAGES

 

Niall Noígíallach which

Translates to "having nine hostages",

Was a legendary Irish King

His reign lasted from the late 4th

To the early 5th centuries,

He is placed in the traditional

List of High Kings of Ireland

Legend has it that he secured his line

By kissing the “loathly lady”

King Niall died in 405AD

CHRIST THE SAVIOUR

 

Christ the saviour

Is here to watch over us

To support us all

Guiding us with kindness