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Ninian

Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. For this reason, he is known as the Apostle to the Southern Picts, and there are numerous dedications to him in those parts of Scotland with a Pictish heritage, throughout the Scottish Lowlands and Northern…

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Attributes
Episcopal, Bell of St Ninian
Died
AD 432
Feast
16 September
Major shrine
Whithorn Priory
Venerated in
Catholicism · Eastern Orthodoxy · Anglican Communion

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related to Traditional story · 30
Ninian → Ailred, Bede, Briton, Brittanicarum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates, Candida Casa, Christian, Christianity, Dates, English People, Further, However, Ireland, James Ussher, Life, Miracula Nyniae Episcopi, Northumbrian, Picts, Rievaulx, Rome, Saint Martin
related to Aelred (c. 1160) · 21
Ninian → Aelred, Bede, Bishopric, Christian, Fergus, Galloway, Galwegian, His, King Tuduvallus, Leaving, Life, Picts, Plebia, Rome, Saint Martin, Saint Martin's, Saint Ninian, Scottish, Thomas Heffernan, Tours
related to Further reading · 14
Ninian → Braun, Dauvit, Encyclopædia Britannica, ISBN, March, National Biography, Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Retrieved, St Ninian, UK, Vol, Wikipedia Library, XVII
related to Gallery · 14
Ninian → Bell, Burgh, Clog-rinny, Glasserton, Nairn, Sir Herbert Maxwell, St Martin, St Ninian, St Ninian Catholic Church, St Ninian's Cave, St Ninian's CaveVotives, St NinianBurgh, Whithorn, Wigtownshire
related to Other sources · 14
Ninian → Aelred, Bede, Bishop Ninian, John, John Capgrave, John Colgan, Miracles, Miracula Nynie Episcopi, Others, Saint Ninian, The, This, Tinmouth, Ussher
related to Ussher (1639) · 14
Ninian → Candida Casa, Cluayn-coner, He, In, Ireland, James Ussher, Ninian's, September, Skene, Spanish, Terna, Ussher's Life, Wyn, Wytterna
related to background · 13
Ninian → British, Clyde, Coroticus, Firths, Forth, In, Letter, Mounth, Patrick, Picts, Saint Patrick, Scotland, The Southern Picts
related to Dedications to St Ninian · 13
Ninian → Aelred, Almost, Clyde, Dedications, England, Firths, Forth, Orkney, Picts, Saint Ninian, Scotland, Shetland, The
related to Bede (c. 731) · 10
Ninian → Ad Candidam Casam, Bede, Bernicians, Briton, Britons, Nynia, Picts, Rome, Saint Martin, Tours
see also · 6
Ninian → Isle, Life, Saint Ninian, Saints, WellVita Sancti Niniani, WhithornSt Ninian's IsleSt Ninian's

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saint st whithorn ninian's scotland picts dedications church known bede aelred life century martin southern information historical also traditional died

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NinianAttributesEpiscopal, Bell of St Ninian1.00infobox
NinianDiedAD 4321.00infobox
NinianFeast16 September1.00infobox
NinianMajor shrineWhithorn Priory1.00infobox
NinianVenerated inCatholicism1.00infobox
NinianVenerated inEastern Orthodoxy1.00infobox
NinianVenerated inAnglican Communion1.00infobox
Ninianis aChristian saint0.90text
Ninianis aCatholic church in Whithorn0.90text
Ninianrelated to Aelred (c. 1160)Leaving0.60section
Ninianrelated to Aelred (c. 1160)Vita Sancti Niniani Aelred0.60section
Ninianrelated to Aelred (c. 1160)Saint Ninian0.60section

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