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Ninian

Roman Catholic bishop

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Also known as St Ninian · Saint Ninian · Ringan · Ninian of Whithorn · Mo-nennius · St. Ninian

Born: 360
Died: 432
Birthplace: Scotland
Place of death: Wigtownshire
Occupation: Catholic bishop
, protobishop
, Catholic priest
Positions held: Anglo-Saxon bishop of Whithorn

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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 England which were formerly in the old kingdom of Northumbria of the time. He is also known as Ringan in parts of Scotland, and as Trynnian in Northern England.

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Feast day: September 16
Canonization status: saint
Catholic saint
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Ninian
Said to be the same as: Mo Nennus
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church
Nickname: Apostle of the Picts

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