Seville Before and After the Spanish Empire June 13, 2014.News and Sports from a Global Perspective June 20, 2014.Thoughts and Recollections of Spain June 30, 2014.My Most and Least Favorite Things About Spain July 4, 2014.The Fleecing of America, or Where Did All of Our Money Go? August 20, 2014.Scotland’s Inchcolm Abbey and Rosslyn Chapel July 10, 2015.Happy Things for 2015: Bloggers Unite in Flood of Gratitude December 21, 2015.In a sermon, Mungo is said to have included the call to ‘Let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the word.’ The more secular ‘Let Glasgow Flourish’ remains the city’s motto to this day. Under the patronage of King Riderch, he is believed to have been the first Bishop of Glasgow. Mungo preached Christianity on the current site of the Glasgow Cathedral. The queen presented the ring to her husband that evening, thus saving her life. The servant returned with a salmon that Mungo sliced open and in the fish’s stomach was the ring. He ordered a servant to go fish in the river and bring him the first fish he caught. Fearing for her life, the queen appealed to Mungo for help. Then he confronted the queen with his suspicions and threatened to have her executed if she did not produce the ring by the end of the day. He requested the ring from his associate which he later threw into the river. When the king noticed a member of his court with the ring on his hand, he suspected his wife of infidelity. King Riderch had given his queen the gift of a ring. The fish: The most legendary miracle follows a plea by Queen Languoreth of Strathclyde.
A replacement bell was created in the mid-1600’s, and it is now on display in Glasgow. The bell was said to have been used in services and to mourn the deceased. The bell: The bell is thought to have been brought back from Rome after Mungo made a pilgrimage there. The branch caught fire and Mungo rekindled the fire with it. When he woke and discovered the fire was out, he took a branch from a tree and prayed with it in his hands. He fell asleep and either let the fire burn out or some of the students put it out while he slept. The tree: Mungo was left in charge of the monastery fire to keep it burning in the monks’ absence. Mungo is said to have prayed over the bird and brought it back to life. The bird: When Mungo was a student of Saint Serf, some of his classmates stole Serf’s pet robin and killed it, then left it with Mungo in an attempt to place the blame on him for the death of the bird. An explanation follows and I make no claims as to the accuracy of my version of the stories. There are legends that tell about the miracles. Each item represents one of the four miracles attributed to St. Where are they? The answer to this riddle is that all four of these items are found on the Glasgow Coat of Arms. Mungo, a tree with a bell and a bird over a gutted salmon, and two salmon flanking the crest, each with a ring in its mouth. When the fish was cut open, the ring was found inside, demonstrating the Queen’s innocence.The Glasgow Coat of Arms features an image of St. Mungo, who ordered a servant to catch a fish from the river. Facing execution, the Queen appealed to St. And the fourth involved the story of Queen Languoreth of Strathclyde being accused of infidelity by her husband, King Riderich, who alleged she had given her wedding ring to her lover when, in reality, the king had himself thrown it into the river. The third relates to a miraculous bell he brought back with him from Rome.
Serf’s monastery that had gone out because Mungo had fallen asleep while he was meant to be watching it. In the second he used branches of a tree to restart a fire at St. Serf, which had been killed by some of his fellow classmates in Culross, hoping to blame him for its death. In the first, he is said to have restored life to the pet robin of St. The miracles are further explained by the website Undiscovered Scotland. These four miracles are portrayed on the current coat of arms of the city of Glasgow. Here is the bird that never flew Here is the tree that never grew Here is the bell that never rang Here is the fish that never swam He became famous for four remarkable miracles that have been turned into the following verses for memorization. He was regarded as a holy priest and was eventually consecrated the first bishop of Glasgow. Servanus in his monastery in Scotland after his mother entrusted him to the monk.īy the time he was 25, Mungo began his missionary adventures and established a church on the site where the city of Glasgow would later develop. The legacy of this Scottish saint endures to this day.īorn during the 6th century, Mungo was reportedly raised by St.
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