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In any case St. Mungo's bell was a notable institution in Glasgow. The bell no longer exists, with a replacement having been purchased in 1641. [4] St. Mungo himself also appears on the coat of arms as the crest above the imagery described above, with his hand raised as if to give a benediction. [1]
St. Mungo is mentioned in the Father Brown series of books by G. K. Chesterton, as the titular saint of Father Brown's parish. [citation needed] St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is the primary hospital of Magical Britain in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. [9]
The bell features the city's coat of arms: the tree, the bell, the fish and the bird, recalling events from the life of St Mungo. A dead bell or deid bell (Scots), also a 'death', 'mort', 'lych', 'passing bell' or ' skellet bell ' [1] was a form of hand bell used in Scotland and northern England [2] in conjunction with deaths and funerals up ...
In the 6th century Saint Mungo is said to have brought the body of a holy man, Fergus, for burial at a site named Cathures (which came to be known as Glasgow). Saint Ninian is reputed to have dedicated the burial ground there on the western bank of the Molendinar Burn in the 5th century (the cathedral's Blacader Aisle may mark this site). [4]
Kentigern (Welsh: Cyndeyrn Garthwys; Latin: Kentigernus), known as Mungo, was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow. (Full article...) Attributes: bishop with a robin on his shoulder; holding a bell and a fish with a ring in its mouth
2009: Photograph of St Mungo's Parish Church, Google Maps (Street View) 1990: Painting of the old church ruins, BBC & Public Catalog Foundation; 1949: Aerial photograph showing St Mungo's Parish Church, Britain from Above; 1928: Aerofilm showing St Mungo's Parish Church, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS)
The arms reflect legends about Glasgow's patron saint, Saint Mungo, and include four emblems – the bird, tree, bell, and fish – as remembered in the following verse: [5] Here's the Bird that never flew Here's the Tree that never grew Here's the Bell that never rang Here's the Fish that never swam
A new bell was purchased by the magistrates in 1641 and that bell is still on display in the People's Palace Museum, near Glasgow Green. The supporters are two salmon bearing rings, and the crest is a half length figure of Saint Mungo. He wears a bishop's mitre and liturgical vestments and has his hand raised in "the act of benediction". The ...