Glasgow celebrates Patron Saint Mungo

This week Glasgow celebrates the Feast and Festival of its patron saint, St Mungo, who died between 604 and 614. The Festival begins with the Molendinar lecture, then with the annual Vita Kentigerni (Life of Kentigern/Mungo) event (virtually) at the Mitchell Library, then the St Mungo Festival Service in Glasgow Cathedral with the Lord Provost and city and church representatives, and goes on to include 'Mungo's Bairns' featuring the Cantata for schools 'St Mungo' and the Play by AGAP.

Every parish in the Archdiocese will celebrate the Mass of St Mungo on his feast day on Wednesday.

See a list of events below:

Mungo's Bairns
Tuesday 12 January 12 10am - 10.30pm

This event will be made available at 4pm on the website of Glasgow Churches Together and also on their Facebook page. Wellington Church on University Avenue and Glasgow Churches Together have been presenting Mungo's Bairns every year during the Festival and will continue to do so this year in a changed format. Using archive materials, videos, photographs and recordings this event will celebrate the life of Glasgow's Patron Saint. This event will be broadcast online.

Find out more: https://mediaevalglasgow.org/event/mungos-bairns-3

MUNGO: Legend of Glasgow's Saint
Tuesday 12 January 6 - 7pm

A play by Stephen Callaghan with music & songs by Vincent Mellon. Most people are vaguely familiar with the bird, the bell, the fish and the tree, that make up Glasgow's Coat of Arms but few know the full story of the man who made these famous...the man who fell in love with the dear green place and named it Glasgow. Following a successful tour in 2018, Mungo: Legends of a Scottish Saints production comes to our…

Find out more: https://mediaevalglasgow.org/event/mungo-legends-of-a-scottish-saint

St Mungo Walk along the Molendinar
Wednesday 13 January 10 - 11.30am

A guided walk from Provanmill to the river Clyde, led by Catherine Mooney. Sadly this year's Guided walk has had to be cancelled given the recent Scottish Government legislation regarding physical distancing to combat Covid 19. A guided walk from Provanmill to the Clyde along the burn than runs by Glasgow Cathedral. It takes around one and a half hours to walk the four miles. Dress warm clothes and comfortable shoes. Numbers are limited to 15 people, so please book early…

Find out more: https://mediaevalglasgow.org/event/st-mungo-walk-along-the-molendinar

St Kentigern's (St Mungo's) Day Service
Wednesday 13 January 11am
See: www.glasgowcathedral.org/

Molendinar Lecture 2021: Coinage & Coining It in Glasgow
Wednesday 13 January 5.30 - 7pm

'Coinage & Coining It in Glasgow' given by Roderick Macpherson. The Molendinar Lecture has been a feature of the Festival since its inception. It aims to provide an opportunity for a speaker of note to discuss the city of Glasgow and the idea of the City, its past and future, more generally. This year's lecture starts at some point in the early seventh century with King Rydderych Hael: King of Strathclyde and royal patron of St Mungo.…

Find out more: https://mediaevalglasgow.org/event/molendinar-lecture-2021-coinage-coining-it-in-glasgow

An Archaeology of Memory: Scotland's Early Saints
Thursday 14 January 2pm - 3pm

Catherine Mooney will talk on the places and environments associated with Scotland's early Saints using photography by Thomas Joshua Cooper. Catherine Mooney has been visiting sites of the early Celtic saints (up to 750AD) for the last seven years. She has been accompanied by her husband, Thomas Joshua Cooper. They research a location associated with a person like St Kessog or St Mungo. They visit the site, take notes and often take a photographic record. The end result of this project will be…

Find out more: https://mediaevalglasgow.org/event/an-archaeology-of-memory-scotlands-early-saints