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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 in ...
St. Ninian (born c. 360, Britain—died c. 432, Britain; feast day September 16) was a bishop generally credited as the first Christian missionary to Scotland, responsible for widespread conversions among the Celts and possibly the Southern Picts.
Biography of the saint who built a church in Whithorn, Saint Ninian on Undiscovered Scotland.
Ninian is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. She is a mystical dancer and is the older sister of Nils. She also appears as a sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and a spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate .
Sep 13, 2010 · The Pontiff's first destination is Edinburgh, where a St Ninian's Day parade will welcome him to the city. But who exactly was Saint Ninian, and what was his historical significance?
Sep 8, 2014 · St. Ninian, a renowned ascetic and man of prayer, used to live alone in solitude in a cave for prayer; Whithorn indeed played an important role in the development of Orthodoxy in Britain, along with Iona and Lindisfarne. St. Ninian was probably the first Bishop of Galloway.
Ninian of Galloway, Bishop, Missionary To Scotland. (From the Anglican Calendar) Ninian is also called Nynia, Ninias, Rigna, Trignan, Ninnidh, Ringan, Ninus, or Dinan. He was a Celt, born in southern Scotland in about 360, and is regarded as the first major preacher of the Gospel to the people living in Britain north of the Wall--that is ...
As the equal of the Lord's Apostles, * thou didst bring the grace of good tidings * to the lands of the Scots, O wise Ninian. * Thou art a lamp to our feet, who enlightenest * our souls to walk in the path of God's commands.
Ninian, Saint (NINIAS, NINUS, DINAN, RINGAN, RINGEN), bishop and confessor, date of birth unknown; d. about 432; the first Apostle of Christianity in Scotland. The earliest account of him is in Bede (Hist. Eccles., III, 4): “the southern Picts received the true faith by the preaching of Bishop Ninias, a most reverend and holy man of the ...
Ninian, a Briton by birth, educated in the Roman rite and tradition ("regulariter" according to bede, Eccl. Hist. 3.4), preached to the southern Picts and built in Galloway, southwest Scotland, a church of stone, called the Candida casa, dedicated to St. martin of tours.
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