[HPforGrownups] St. Mungo

[Starling]

No: HPFGUIDX 14674

Amy Z wrote:
**Other than that possibility, I don't know what he did that makes 
him the patron of magical maladies.**

I visited Glasgow over Hogmany (New Year's if you're not a pretentious American like me) and heard a bunch of stories about St. Mungo -- the entire city crest is based on stories around him. According to one story I heard quite a few times, says after a group of boys killed a bird beloved to St. Serf, his mentor,and blamed it on him, Mungo prayed over the bird and it came back to life.  That's the story that I thought of.  Mungo, apparently, was pretty good at healing and was a rather powerful guy who has quite a few miracles to his credit.

Abbie, whose grandfather was born in Dalmuir and so considers herself Scottish

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amy Z 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, 19 March, 2001 8:42 AM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] St. Mungo


  I looked up St. Mungo in a terrific online "Lives of the Saints" and 
  he's real!  He is the patron saint of Glasgow and was also known as 
  Kentigern.  Interesting facts:  he was illegitimate, his name may mean 
  "darling," and he died in the bath.  The cause of death is not given; 
  a heart attack upon seeing a ghostly girl in spectacles peeking at 
  him, perhaps?  

  Other than that possibility, I don't know what he did that makes 
  him the patron of magical maladies.

  http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/ss-index.htm

  Amy Z

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