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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]
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]
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 ...
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]
St Mungo is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway located to the south of Lockerbie. [1] Kettlehom is a small village in the parish and the village has a public hall which in the past has organised a Christmas fayre. [2] The Water of Milk river runs through St Mungo and the River Annan borders the parish to the south. [3]
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art has displays covering different aspects of religious life, belief, and practice.
The Erskine family donated land at Bedford Place and work on the new St Mungo's church began in 1817. [6] ... It was 1825 before the bell and clock were added. [13]
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