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Ninian, St
Ninian, St, properly Nynia, first apostle of the Scots. A very obscure figure mentioned by Bede and subject of a much later life by Ailred of Rievaulx. Bede says he was a Briton and he appears to have lived around the time of the ending of Roman Britain, probably in the 5th cent. He is linked with south-western Scotland outside the Roman wall by his association with Whithorn (Dumfries and Galloway), in the territory of the Novantae. Known to Bede in Latin as Candida Casa, the white house, its Anglo-Saxon name Hwitærn means the same. Recent excavations at Whithorn have revealed an important early medieval ecclesiastical complex, perhaps going back to the postulated time of Ninian.
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JOHN CANNON. "Ninian, St." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Ninian, St." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-NinianSt.html JOHN CANNON. "Ninian, St." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-NinianSt.html |
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Ninian, St
Ninian, St (5th or 6th cent.), British missionary. Bede reports that before St Columba (in Scotland 563–97) converted the N. Picts, Ninian had been active among the S. Picts. He describes him as a bishop, ‘a Briton who had received orthodox instruction at Rome’, and states that he built a church dedicated to St Martin of Tours at a place called ‘Ad Candidam Casam’ (At the White House), now Whithorn, where he was buried. His tomb became a place of pilgrimage. Feast day, 16 Sept.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Ninian, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Ninian, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-NinianSt.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Ninian, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-NinianSt.html |
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Ninian, St
Ninian, St, An obscure figure mentioned by Bede and subject of a much later life by Ailred of Rievaulx. Bede says he was a Briton and he appears to have lived around the time of the ending of Roman Britain, probably in the 5th cent. He is linked with south‐western Scotland outside the Roman wall by his association with Whithorn (Dumfries and Galloway), in the territory of the Novantae.
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JOHN CANNON. "Ninian, St." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Ninian, St." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-NinianSt.html JOHN CANNON. "Ninian, St." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-NinianSt.html |
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Ninian, St
Ninian, St (c.360–c.432), Scottish bishop and missionary. According to Bede he founded a church at Whithorn in SW Scotland (c.400) and from there evangelized the southern Picts. His feast day is 26 August.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Ninian, St." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Ninian, St." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-NinianSt.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Ninian, St." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-NinianSt.html |
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