Saint of the Day: January 13th - St Kentigern of Scotland.
Butler'sLivesoftheSaints [In ancient British, Kyndeyrn surnamed Mungho, or Munghu.] Bishop of Glasco, Confessor
This eminent saint of the ancient church of North Britain, was of royal blood among the Picts, or original inhabitants of that country, and born about the year 516. He was placed very young under the discipline of Saint Servanus, bishop and abbot of Culros, a monastery, situated upon the Frith which divides Lothian from Fife. By this holy prelate he was trained up in the perfect spirit of christian meekness and piety. For his innocence and great virtues he was beloved by his master and all who were acquainted with that religious family above all his fellow-disciples, for which reason he was called Munghu, or Mungho, which in the language of that country signified “one dearly beloved;” and this is the name which the Scots usually give him to this day. When he was grown up, by the direction of Saint Servanus, he retired …More