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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Yes, indeed. Kentigerna/Quentigerna, reputed to be the daughter of the Irish prince Cellach, a completely different person from St Mungo. St Fillan's staff also survives. Apparently it was actually brought to Canada in the 19C by the family entrusted with the hereditary task of guarding it. Cheers, Martin Dr Martin Howley, Humanities Librarian, Tel: (709) 737-8514 QE II Library, Memorial Univ of Newfoundland FAX: (709) 737-2153 St John's, NL, Canada A1B 3Y1 E-mail:[log in to unmask] On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, [iso-8859-1] Pat McIntosh-Spinnler wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > >Fillan (d. c. 750) According to legend, Fillan was > >>an Irishman, a son > >of > >St. Kentigern. He became a missionary in the area > around St. Fillans > >(near > >Crieff, Scotland). > > Something wrong here, surely? St Kentigern aka Mungo > was a Briton not an Irishman (or even a Scot) and died > in about AD 612. He isn't known to have been in > Ireland, though he cd have met Irish women on his > travels around Brythonic Britain. > > Or are we talking about the female St Kentigern who > lived on Loch Lomond? > > Oh, yes, and I think it's St Fillan's Bell which still > exists somewhere: the classic early-medieval bell, > rectangular in form, which produces at least three > different tones from different walls of the rectangle. > > Pat > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html