Kentigern, Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria
13 January -- Commemoration
If celebrated as a Lesser Festival,
Common of Missionaries, page 503
Kentigern, also known affectionately as Mungo, which means
'darling', is reputed to have been the grandson of a British
prince in southern Scotland and to have attended a monastic
school at Culross. The story goes that he became a
missionary to the Britons living in Strathclyde and was
elected their bishop. Following the persecution of
Christians, he fled to Wales, but eventually returned to
Strathclyde where he continued his work of evangelism. He
died in the year 603 and his tomb is in St Mungo's Cathedral
in Glasgow.