Saint Ninian
Saint Ninian preaching to the Picts, from the Book of the Hours of the Virgin and Saint Ninian
Bishop
Born	360, Cumberland
Died	432, Whithorn
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Major shrine	Whithorn Priory, now lost
Feast	September 16
Attributes	crozier, book, holding a model of a white church
Patronage	diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada; diocese of Galloway, Scotland

Saint Ninian (c. 360 - 432) is the earliest known bishop to have visited Scotland. Neither his place and date of birth, nor his early life, are known with any certainty. Image File history File links SaintNinian. ... Image File history File links SaintNinian. ... A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... For other uses, see number 360. ... Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Events July 31 - Sixtus is elected to succeed Celestine as Pope. ... Whithorn is a small burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about ten miles south of Wigtown. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see Terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles and maintained through... Eastern Orthodox shrine Buddhist shrine just outside Wat Phnom. ... Whithorn Priory is located in Wigtownshire, Galloway. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as that saints day. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... A crosier (crozier, pastoral staff) is the stylized staff of office carried by high-ranking Catholic prelates. ... A book is a collection of paper, parchment or other material with a piece of text written on them, bound together along one edge, usually within covers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... For other uses, see number 360. ... Events July 31 - Sixtus is elected to succeed Celestine as Pope. ... A mitre is used as a symbol of the bishops ministry. ... Motto: , traditionally rendered in Scots as Wha daur meddle wi me?[1] and in English as No one provokes me with impunity. ...

The traditional story is that he was born in Brythonic Cumbria, probably Rheged, but travelled to Rome as a young man to study Christianity. There he was made a bishop and given the task of converting the Picts by the Pope, St Siricius. Brython and Brythonic are terms which refer to indigenous, pre-Roman, Celtic speaking inhabitants of the most of the island of Great Britain, and their culture and language, the Brythonic languages. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ... Entrance to the Rheged Discovery Centre Rheged was a Brythonic nation of Sub-Roman Britain, where the natives spoke Cumbric. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 8th century BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ... A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... St. ...

Tradition (first mentioned by Bede) states that around 397 he set up his base at Whithorn in south-west Scotland, building a stone church there, known as the Candida Casa which means the White House. From there he began work among the Northern Brythons of the surrounding area. Later he undertook a journey northwards along the east coast in order to spread Christianity among the southern Picts. The word southern is almost certainly a misnomer based on the maps of early times which mistakenly depict the east coast of Scotland as if it were the south coast. Placename evidence and local tradition suggest that he may have travelled as far as the Shetland Islands. He trained many missionaries, among whom, it is said, was the man who converted Saint Columba. Bede depicted in an early medieval manuscript Depiction of Bede from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. ... Events Council of Carthage: Definitive declaration of the biblical canon Candida Casa founded by Saint Ninian. ... Whithorn is a small burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about ten miles south of Wigtown. ... Yr Hen Ogledd or The Old North. Part of northern Britain before the Anglo-Gaelic conquest The Hen Ogledd, or Yr Hen Ogledd, is an Old Welsh term meaning The Old North which refers to the sub-Roman Brythonic kingdoms of what is now northern England and southern Scotland. ... Toponymy is the taxonomic study of toponyms (place-names), their origins and their meanings. ... The Shetland Islands, also called Shetland (archaically spelled Zetland) formerly called Hjaltland, comprise one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... A separate article is titled Columba (constellation). ...

In 2001, a Glasgow University Celticist argued^[1] that St. Ninian was in fact the same man as St Finnian, likewise a mentor of St. Columba, and that the confusion is due to an 8th century scribal spelling error. Scholars seem to be accepting that this was indeed the case. The University of Glasgow is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. ... A Celtic cross. ... St Finnian or St. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ...

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External links

• (English) Whithorn

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