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St Mungo's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in the Townhead area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was built in 1841, with later work done on the church in 1877, and designed by George Goldie . It is situated on the corner of Parson Street and Glebe Street, east of St Mungo's Catholic Primary School and west of the Springburn Road .
St Mungo's Church, Townhead, Glasgow Saint Mungo founded a number of churches during his period as Archbishop of Strathclyde of which Stobo Kirk is a notable example. At Townhead and Dennistoun in Glasgow there is a modern Roman Catholic church and a traditional Scottish Episcopal Church [ 16 ] respectively dedicated to the saint.
One fish has a gold ring in its mouth. This refers to the legend of St Mungo and is featured in Glasgow's civic and ecclesiastical heraldry since the sixteenth century. This addition alludes to the fact that Philip Tartaglia is a Glaswegian by birth, that he is a former pupil of St Mungo's Academy and is an ordained priest of the Archdiocese of ...
The church is named after Saint Mungo [1] (also known as Saint Kentigern), patron saint and founder of the city of Glasgow.It belongs to the Church of Scotland Presbytery of Stirling [2] and serves the parish of Alloa. [3]
St Mungo's Academy was founded by the Marist Brothers in 1858 at 96 Garngad Hill, [1] Glasgow to educate poor Catholic boys, largely Irish immigrants or their children. The school was named for the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, and had ambitions to create a Catholic professional class by educating the boys to secondary level and prepare them for university studies.
The arrival of the Irish necessitated Rev Andrew Scott, the sole Priest in Glasgow to begin the erection of the Catholic Cathedral in Clyde St in 1814 'for his vast Irish flock'. [ 3 ] Before 1795 the majority of the Catholics in Glasgow were from the Highlands.
Tron St Mary's, Glasgow 1965 16-923: Glasgow: Clincarthill l/w Queen's Park Govanhill 5,903 Clincarthill Parish Church 1865 16-1073: 18,499 Queen's Park Govanhill Parish Church: 1833 16-925: Glasgow: Croftfoot 4,656 Croftfoot Parish Church 1843 16-927: Glasgow: Cathedral (High or St Mungo's) 4,390 Glasgow Cathedral: Medieval 16-930: Glasgow ...
St. Mungo's may refer to: St Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow a.k.a. Glasgow Cathedral and The High Kirk of Glasgow St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries from the Harry Potter books