Thursday, October 28, 2010

Chapel and Tomb of St Mungo


St Mungo's well, in lower chapel
Perhaps, with all this talk of St Mungo, something should be said about him. From what I have read, he seems like he was quite an interesting fellow, and was born in the 6th century (his death date is given as 613 AD).

He is best known for his four miracles (and these figure in Glasgow's coat of arms). These are:
The Bird that Never Flew
The Tree that Never Grew
The Bell that Never Rang
The Fish that Never Swam

The story of what each one means is nicely told in the Glasgow Cathedral website. Please read it:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sstewart1873/Index/webpages/Legend.htm

Tomb of St Mungo


This is detail of the above tomb

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