Saint Kentigern

Christian missionary
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Also known as: Saint Mungo
Quick Facts
Byname:
Mungo
Died:
c. 612, possibly Glasgow

Saint Kentigern (born, Culross, Fifeshire—died c. 612, possibly Glasgow; feast day January 14) was an abbot and early Christian missionary, traditionally the first bishop of Glasgow and the evangelist of the ancient Celtic kingdom of Cumbria in southwestern Scotland. Little else is known about him except from late, dubious hagiographies. According to legend, he was of royal descent, presumably illegitimate, and is reputed to have been a noted, energetic preacher who combated the heresy of Pelagianism (which stressed the goodness of human nature and the freedom of the human will). About 550 he went to Glasgow to convert its British ...(100 of 257 words)