Saint Mungo
100 points to the house of whoever deposits an essay (of at least 12 inches of parchment) on St. Mungo in the comments box of this post. Recently Pauli produced for me a bottle of "Merlin's Ale" that he had found at a store near where he and my sister live. It had been in the fridge at our friend Nate's house and I recently drank it because one of his kids came up and told me that their mother had told them to tell me that if I didn't drink it soon ... she would. Anyway, on the label it has some interesting lore-facts. One is that in some chapel near where Merlin legendarily lived in North Scotland (I'll put the names in the comments if nobody beats me to it ... have to retrieve the bottle from their house) there is a stained-glass window of Saint Mungo baptizing Merlin in some river near there. Which peaked my interest incredibly, but I am currently buried under a mountain of encyclopedia articles to edit, so I figured it would be fun to ask if anyone who stops by here knows any of the legend or see if anybody looks it up and pops it into the comments box for the entertainment of all. (Pauli) Update: Here's a picture, here's the source! Haven't found a link for the baptism photo. (If we have any Scottish readers, feel free to submit a photo!) Just found this on Catholic Forum's patron saints pages (great site.) I think he is usually referred to as St. Kentigern. |
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I found the baptism photo here.
Also see this little bit of Scotland lore on Ryderrch Hael 580-612 AD, St. Mungo and Merlin.
Yet another quick bit.