Saint Mungo
Saint Mungo, also known as
Saint Kentigern, traditional apostle to
Strathclyde and
patron saint and alleged founder of the city of
Glasgow. Legendarily of Pictish religious origins, a pupil of
Saint Serf, he takes credit for much of the Christianisation or re-Christianisation of Strathclyde and
Galloway in the days before
Saint Columba. He is said to have given life to a robin killed by young hooligans.