Saint Ninian as intercessor ("Ora pro nobis, Sancte Niniane"). Donor portrait in the Book of Hours of the Virgin and Saint Ninian, 15th century
Apostle to the Southern Picts
Died
AD 432
Venerated in
Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Anglican Communion
Major shrine
Whithorn Priory
Feast
16 September
Attributes
Episcopal, Bell of St Ninian[1]
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 parts of Northern England with a Northumbrian heritage. He is also known as Ringan in Scotland, and as Trynnian in Northern England.
Ninian's major shrine was at Whithorn in Galloway, where he is associated with the Candida Casa (Latin for 'White House'). Nothing is known about his teachings, and there is no unchallenged authority for information about his life.
Ninian's identity is uncertain, and historians have identified the name "Ninian" with other historical figures. A popular hypothesis proposed by Thomas Owen Clancy, a researcher and professor of Celtic studies, posits that Ninian can be identified with three other historical figures: Saint Finnian of Moville, Saint Finnian of Clonard, and Saint Finbarr of Cork. Linguistic variations across the territories associated with each saint have provided evidence that the Ninian preserved in literary tradition originated from this individual.[2] This article discusses the particulars and origins of what has come to be known as the "traditional" stories of Saint Ninian.
^Huddleston, G (1911). "St. Ninian". The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^O'Neill, Pamela. (2007). "Six degrees of whiteness: "Finbarr, Finnian, Finnian, Ninian, Candida Casa and Hwiterne." JAMEA (2007) vol. 3. pp. 259-268. https://api.researchrepository.uwa.edu.au/portalfiles/portal/14262963/O_Neill._Six_Degrees_of_Whiteness_Finbarr_Finnian_Finnian_Ninian_Candida_Casa_and_Hwiterne.pdf
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