Ninian
Roman Catholic bishop
b. 360 · d. 432
Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. For this reason, he is known as the Apostle to the Southern Picts, and there are numerous dedications to him in those parts of Scotland with a Pictish heritage, throughout the Scottish Lowlands, and in parts of Northern England with a Northumbrian heritage. He is also known as Ringan in Scotland, and as Trynnian in Northern England.
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Scotland birth
- Wigtownshire death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History of the English People 1 claim — Ninian preaches to the southern Picts
Also recorded as
- Mo Nennus possibly same