#St. Kentigern

[verecunda]

Currently mourning the fragmentary nature of the Herbertian Life of St. Kentigern, because holy fuck, have we been deprived of some quality catharsis.

The traditional story is that Kentigern (aka Mungo, patron saint of Glasgow) was conceived when his mother, St. Theneu (aka St. Enoch), was raped by Owain Rheged (later assimilated into Arthurian myth as Sir Yvain). After recounting this, the text gives us:

Of this action therefore [Owain] took no account, until it was recalled to his memory a long time afterwards by S. Kentigern his son, as is written in the following pages.

Unfortunately, this particular Life only goes as far as Kentigern's birth, so this is the only reference we seem to have to this episode. And I've only really skimmed Jocelin's later hagiography, but I'm pretty sure this story doesn't crop up in that one. Just... you mean to tell me that there was once a story out there about Kentigern confronting his father about the rape of his mother?? And we've lost it??? T_____T

(Please please tell me Mungo invented the Glasgow kiss that day. 🙏)

[mortiscausa]

bby mordred (on the left) with his big sister thaney and her son, kentigern, for the first prompt of @queer-ragnelle's may day parade: may king mordred. taking advantage of this challenge to do some stuff relating to my arthurian comic project and get back to working in watercolours again

[blackpoolhistory]

St. Kentigern's school on Newton Drive from 1904 and 2023.

[scotianostra]

On 13th January 614, St Mungo or St Kentigern died , and was buried at his church in Clas-gu which later become Glasgow.

Our early saints were extraordinary men, they believed in an unknown God and by spreading his word changed history, whether you are a believer or not Saints like Kentigern, Coulmba and last weeks subject, Nachlan, all had a lasting effect on our country, reflected in the place names around Scotland associated with them.

Kentigern was born near Edinburgh, Scotland in the sixth century. His mother, St Enoch, was daughter of the King of Lothian. Her pregnancy was illegitimate, the result of rape by one of her suitors, whose identity she refused to reveal. Her father was so incensed, he had Enoch and her child cast adrift in an open boat on the Firth of Forth, expecting them to perish. The currents carried them across to the other side of the Firth, bringing them to land near the present town of Culross where they were offered shelter at the monastery of St Serf.

Serf took the boy under his special care, educating him and training him in the monastic life. When he reached manhood Kentigern left the monastery and journeyed across to the west of Scotland, finally establishing his own religious foundation on the site of the cathedral in Glasgow. Here he set about converting the area to Christianity. At a later stage he journeyed south into England and many parishes along his route still bear his name. Legend has it that he finally reached North Wales and spent several years there before returning again to Scotland, where he died c 614.

From the time of his death Saint Kentigern was venerated as Glasgow’s patron saint, and the cathedral of Glasgow was built in his honour. To this day his figure and the symbols associated with his legend make up the crest of the City of Glasgow.

The best known legends surrounding Glasgow's patron saint are told in the coat of arms of the city, as seen in the pic, the arms and the saint are forever linked.

There’s the tree that never grew,

There’s the bird that never flew,

There’s the fish that never swam,

There’s the bell that never rang.

Taking the symbols one by one, each refers to a legend during St Mungo’s life in Glasgow or his education before he came to found the monastery.

The tree is the first symbol in the rhyme and references a story from St Mungo’s early days. Legend has it that St Mungo was tasked with watching over a fire at the refectory in the monastery, while still a young boy. Mungo, though, fell asleep and some other boys, who were jealous of him, decided to put the fire out. When he woke up and found the fire extinguished, Mungo broke off some frozen branches from a hazel tree and prayed over them until they burst into flames, restoring his fire.

The bird that never flew also refers to a legend from St Mungo’s youth. It commemorates a wild robin, who was tamed by St Serf while Mungo was still in Fife. Sadly, the robin died, something which some legends attribute to the cruel actions of one of St Mungo's young peers, who were jealous of him. Desperate to make his friend and mentor, St Serf, happy again, Mungo took the dead bird and prayed over its body and was able to bring it back to life.

The third element, the fish that never swam, is one of the longest and most convoluted stories of St Mungo’s life. It involves the King of Strathclyde, Rydderach Hael, his wife Queen Langeoreth and a knight.

In the story, the King of Strathclyde gave his wife a ring as a gift. She, in turn, gave it to a knight - perhaps her lover - who almost instantly lost the artefact. King Hael demanded soon after to see the ring, threatening to kill the queen if she could not present him it.

The knight confessed what had happened to St Mungo, who sent a monk into the Clyde to catch a fish. When the monk returned, the fish was cut open and inside the ring was found. Some versions of the story go on to specify that this was the moment after which the King and Queen lived happily ever after.

The image of the fish which appears today is based on the seal of the Bishop of Glasgow, designed around 1271, which shows a salmon with a ring in its mouth.

Finally, the bell that never rang, is one story less explicitly linked to the saint. It is thought that the bell in question may have been given to St Mungo by the Pope. By the 15th century, the hand bell had become symbol synonymous with the city of Glasgow. Following this legend, in 1450, John Stewart, known as the first provost of Glasgow, let a bell ring out for his soul. The replacement bell, purchased in 1641, remains on display in the city.

Have a wee listen to Mother Glasgow, the Michael Marra song, Marra might have been a Dundee man, but he must have had a good understanding of Scotland's history, and indeed Glasgow's examples of the lyric include...

I dreamt I took a dander with St. Mungo

To try to catch a fish that couldnay swim.

The song ends and fades out to....

And the tree

And the fish

And the bird

And the bell

Let Glasgow flourish!

As I mentioned, the legacy of St Mungo still flourishes today in Glasgow, the first pic is a modern interpenetration of the saint on Glasgow High Street by the artist Smug, the second is another by Smug at the corner of George Street and High Street, it portrays Mungo as a child in the arms of his mother, St. Enoch, herself another patron saint of the city. The third pic is Glasgow's Coat of Arms, and finally we have the arms of the University of Glasgow, again using the legends symbols.

[mightywellfan]

Currie Kirk in Winter

Nestling at the foot of the Pentland Hills, this is one of the oldest Reformation churches in Scotland still in regular use. It has been a holy site since Celtic times and was supposedly founded by St Kentigern who may have used the old "Monks Road" through the hills.

[silvestromedia]

Saint of the day July 18 St. Edburga of Bicester, 7th century. Nun at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, the daughter of Penda , the pagan king of Mercia. Her shrine is at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, but her relics, originally at Bicester, were taken to Flanders, Belgium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadburh_of_Bicester St. Theneva, 7th century. Also called Thenova, the patron saint of Glasgow, Scotland, with her son St. Kentigern. http://ww1.antiochian.org/node/19054 St. Minnborinus, 986 A.D. Benedictine abbot. He was born in Ireland and became abbot of St. Martin Monastery in Cologne, Germany, in 974. There he promoted monastic reform and scholarly pursuits. http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/07/saint-minnborinus-abbot-of-cologne-july.html St. Theodosia of Constantinople, Roman Catholic Nun and Martyr at the monastery of St. Anastasia. She led a group of nuns in defense of the icon of Christ which hung over the main door of the community when soldiers were sent to enforce the decrees of the Iconoclast emperors Leo Ill the Isaurian and Constantine V. Theodosia and twelve other nuns were arrested and tortured; Theodosia died of her grievous injuries while in prison. Feastday: July 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosia_of_Constantinople St. Marina, Roman Catholic Martyr of Orense, in Spanish Galicia, Spain.Marina and her sisters were baptized by the bishop of Braga Saint Ovidius (Ovid, Ovidio) and brought up in the Christian faith. When they were twenty, they were accused of being Christians and brought before their father the governor. He recognized them as his own daughters, and asked them to renounce their faith, promising them luxuries. The sisters refused and were imprisoned. They managed to escape and were ultimately martyred for their faith. A spring of water gushed out of the spot where they were beheaded; the spot was called Aguas Santas ("Holy Waters"). Feastday July 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_of_Aguas_Santas ST. BRUNO OF SEGNI, BISHOP, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_(bishop_of_Segni) ST. AEMILIANUS, MARTYR OF MESIA https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Saint_Aemilianus

[bluebellebarrett]

I finally made it out of the West Country, so here's the ceiling of Glasgow Cathedral in, you guessed it, Glasgow.

Consecrated in 1136 and, weirdly enough, on a hillside (thank you, St Mungo), Glasgow Cathedral is the oldest cathedral in mainland Scotland. The original cathedral burned, and so in 1197, they did it again, and this is the cathedral that’s still there today.

Bonus points: the Lower Church

This holds the tomb of St Mungo, also called Kentigern, the patron saint of Glasgow, who was buried here in 614. Which explains why the cathedral was built on a steep hillside; St Mungo’s tomb was a pilgrimage site, and thus not to be moved.

I do love a good ceiling, and this cathedral has a double layer of them.

[tinyshe]

[picture credit: IHS with angels and a Crown of Thorns, in Hostýn, Czech Republic, Daniel Baránek, Hostýn, Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie, detail vstupních dveří: IHS]

More Saints of the Day January 13

St. Agrecius

St. Andrew of Trier

St. Berno of Cluny

St. Elian

St. Elian ap Erbin

St. Enogatus

St. Erbin of Dumnonia

St. Glaphyra

St. Gumesindus

St. Hermylus

St. Kentigern Mungo

St. Leontius of Caesarea

St. Viventius

Bl. Yvette

[liminalpsych]

Read All the Arthurian Literature!

I was originally going to do this chronologically, but after pulling the enormous list of classic texts from @fuckyeaharthuriana's Arthurian List of Everything, I quickly abandoned that idea.

Instead, I'm going to start with the "core texts" in chronological order... more or less. I'll fill in the remaining literature over time if I stick with this project long enough. Core texts are bolded. These are the very influential, foundational texts that Arthurian literature built on over time, and that modern Arthuriana derives from. (What's a "core text" is debatable; I'm bolding the texts that I've most often seen recommended across the internet.)

This is my tracking sheet for what I've acquired, what I've read, and what I have left to read, with a link to the tag associated with that text where you can find my reactions, thoughts, and quotes from the text. Currently a shortlist, with additional texts from the complete list added in as I read them.

✓ 540 - Excerpt from De Excidio Britanniae / The Ruin of Britain, by Gildas. Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

□ The rest of De Excidio Britanniae, by Gildas. (Probably not going to bother with this.)

✓ 600 - Y Gododdin. Translated by Gillian Clarke

✓ 828 - Excerpt from Historia Brittonum, by pseudo-Nennius. Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

□ The rest of Historia Brittonum, by Nennius. (Probably not going to bother reading this.)

□ 1000-1185 - The Lives of Saints (various saints with Arthurian content in their stories) - This is not what I'd call a core text, I'll probably skip most of them for now, but I already read excerpts in Faletra's appendices and I wanted credit for it.

□ 1000 - Life of St. Illtud

□ 1000 - Life of St. Cadoc, by Lifras of Llancarfan

□ 1019 - Legenda Sancti Goeznovii (Arthur is mentioned as being "recalled from the actions of the world" and not much more, probably skippable)

□ 1100 - Life of St. Padarn (only a brief mention of Arthur and Caradoc, probably skippable)

□ 1100 - Life of St. Efflam

✓ 1130 Excerpt from Vita Gildae / Life of St Gildas, by Caradoc. Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

□ The rest of Vita Gildae / Life of St Gildas. Translated by Hugh Williams because it's literally the only one I can find.

□ 1185 - The Life of Kentigern, by Jocelyn of Furness

✓ 1100 - The Lais of Marie de France. Translated by Claire Waters (newest recommended translation I could find, from 2018 by Broadview Press which was the selling point for me because they're amazing; has translation on one page and the old French on the other).

✓ 1138 - Historia regum Britanniae / History of the Kings of Britain, by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

✓ 1125 - Excerpt from Gesta Regum Anglorum / The Deeds of the Kings of the English by William of Malmesbury. Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

□ The rest of Gesta Regum Anglorum, by William of Malmesbury. (Probably not going to bother reading this.)

✓ 1150 - Vita Merlini / Life of Merlin, by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

□ 1155 - Roman de Brut, by Wace. (Might skip this, not sure.)

□ 1170 - Tristan, by Thomas of England

□ 1170-81 - Romances of Chretien de Troyes

□ 1170 - Erec and Enide. Translated by Ruth Harwood Cline (the only one who's done verse translation instead of prose). Started reading it and then had to skip to Vulgate for a writing project.

□ 1176 - Cliges. Translated by Ruth Harwood Cline

□ 1177 - Lancelot: the Knight of the Cart. Translated by Ruth Harwood Cline

□ 1177 - Yvain: the Knight of the Lion. Translated by Ruth Harwood Cline

□ 1181 - Perceval: the Story of the Grail. Translated by Nigel Bryant (because it's the only edition that also includes all the Continuations)

□ 1185 - Le Bel Inconnu / Fair Unknown, by Renaut de Bage

□ 1191 - Poems of Robert de Baron. Translated by Nigel Bryant (because it's the only edition I could find that included all the poems in one volume)

✓ 1191 - Excerpt from Itinerarium Kambriae / The Journey Through Wales, by Gerald of Wales. Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

□ The rest of Itinerarium Kambriae. Probably skippable.

✓ 1200 - Excerpt from De Principis Instructione Liber / The Education of Princes, by Gerald of Wales. Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

□ The rest of De Principis Instructione Liber. Probably skippable.

□ 1200 - Wigelois, by Wirnt von Grafenberg

□ 1200 - Conti di Antichi Cavalieri (Conto di Brunono e di Galeotto suo figlio) - this is not a core text, I just want all the Galehaut content I can get

□ 1200 - First Continuation of Chretien's Perceval, by Unknown / Wauchier of Denian. Translated by Nigel Bryant (because it's the only edition I could find that includes Chretien's Perceval plus all the Continuations)

□ 1200 - Second Continuation of Chretien's Perceval, by Gauchier of Donaing. Translated by Nigel Bryant (because it's the only edition I could find that includes Chretien's Perceval plus all the Continuations)

□ 1200 - Lanzelet, by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven (date debated, may be much earlier). Translated by Thomas Kerth (literally the only version I could find in hardcopy) (this isn't a core text, but I really like Lancelot, so I'm reading it). Currently reading it, it’s not as entertaining as I’d hoped, have bounced off of it and will come back to it later.

□ 1200 - Perlesvaus / High Book of the Grail. Nigel Bryant's translation, acquired.

□ 1200 - Tristan, by Beroul

✓ 1200 - Tristan, by Gottfried von Strassburg

✓ 1210 - French Vulgate / Lancelot-Grail / Prose Lancelot. Translated by a team of scholars led by Norris J Lacy (it's 2024 and I'm still into Arthuriana so I have acquired this!). I haven’t read it cover to cover but I’ve read most of it in out-of-order chunks while writing a larp. Goal is still to read it cover-to-cover someday.

□ 1230 - Third Continuation of Chretien's Perceval, by Manessier. Translated by Nigel Bryant (because it's the only edition I could find that includes Chretien's Perceval plus all the Continuations)

□ 1230 - Fourth Continuation of Chretien's Perceval, by Gerbert de Montreuil. Translated by Nigel Bryant (because it's the only edition I could find that includes Chretien's Perceval plus all the Continuations)

✓ 1230 - Post Vulgate. Translated by a team of scholars led by Norris J Lacy (it comes in a set with the Lancelot-Grail, acquired). I haven’t read it cover-to-cover but I’ve read most of it in disparate chunks.

□ 1250 (or 1000) - Welsh Triads

✓ Excerpt translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

□ 1300 - Black Book of Carmarthen. Translated by Meirion Pennar because I can't find any other translation in hardcopy.

✓ ~950? What Man is the Gatekeeper? / Pa gur yw y porthor? Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

✓ ~1100? Afallennau / The Apple Trees. Translated by Michael Faletra (appendix in Faletra's History of the Kings of Britain)

□ 1300 - La Vendetta Che fe Messer Lanzelloto de la Morte di Miser Tristano (Lancelot avenging Tristan; not a core text, but sounds very relevant to my interests)

□ 1300 (or 900) - Book of Taliesin. Translated by Lewis & Rowan because it’s the most recent translation and I can’t find any comparisons between translations, or recommendations about translations, so I’m going with most recent and hoping that works.

□ 1300 - The Stanzaic Le Morte Arthur. Maybe Sharon Kahn’s verse translation? Alternatively, Larry Benson’s because it comes with the Alliterative Morte.

□ 1382 - The Mabinogion. Translated by Sioned Davies. (Acquired. Started reading it and finished book 1 almost by accident.)

□ 1400 - Alliterative Morte Arthure. Probably Simon Armitage’s translation? Alternatively Larry Benson’s translation because it comes with the Stanzaic Mort?

✓ 1400 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. (I have Tolkien's translation in ebook format, might go with a different translator though.)

□ 1400 - Syre Gawene and the Carle of Carlyle

□ 1446 - La Tavola Ritonda. Translated by Anne Shaver. I’ve read some of a terrible scan of this and am waiting on a better one to read the rest.

□ 1450 - The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell

□ 1485 - Le Morte Darthur, by Thomas Malory. Translated by Keith Baines because it's apparently the least tedious of the translations. (Acquired.) I have attempted and failed to get through other translations of Morte at least five times over the past decade or two, I have a grudge against Malory.

□ 1500 - The Grene Knight

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Sam Heughan’s Glasgow

I don't know if the journalist visited Scotland, but she should read more about Glasgow's history and culture for this article, or SH doesn't know Scottish history. There are no cathedrals.

Glasgow has a cathedral dating back to medieval times, which is the only medieval cathedral on the mainland of Scotland to have survived the Reformation almost completely intact. It is a magnificent Gothic building featuring stained glass windows, a 15th-century stone choir and the tomb of St Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow. Construction of Glasgow Cathedral began in 1136 and took around 350 years to complete. It was dedicated to Saint Kentigern (also known as Saint Mungo) and attracted countless pilgrims to its site.

For those Outlander fans, the crypt was used as a filming location. Glasgow's main attractions also include George Square, the Glasgow Necropolis, a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral, the People's Palace and busy attractions such as the Barrowlands Walkway.

The University of Glasgow and the fascinating Hunterian Gallery. The Architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife artist Margaret MacDonald’s home has been meticulously recreated with all their original furnishings and art in The Mackintosh House.

As for Mr Heughan, it is incredible his typical day wandering around “medieval cathedrals” 4.7 miles circa 7.6 km away from where he lives 🤦‍♀️

[dailyrugbytoday]

2024 Auckland university school rugby fixtures & results

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2024 Auckland university school rugby fixtures & results

Auckland 1A 1st XV Rugby is the Premier Rugby Union competition for secondary schools and colleges in Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland 1A 1st XV School Rugby is an annual promotion and relegation competition that usually takes place with 12 schools. The competition is organized and run by the Auckland Rugby Union.

One of New Zealand’s top secondary school rugby competitions will be broadcast live or live streamed starting this season 2024. the stronger competitions in New Zealand secondary school rugby with Sky often broadcasting games.

1st XV – 1A (Round Robin)

Saint Kentigern College: 1st XV

St Peters: 1st XV

Auckland Grammar: 1st XV

Mt Albert Grammar School: 1st XV

Sacred Heart: 1st XV

Kelston Boys’ High School: 1st XV

St Pauls College: 1st XV

Dilworth School: 1st XV

King’s College: 1st XV

Liston College: 1st XV

De La Salle: 1st XV

Botany Downs Secondary College: 1A

1st XV – 1B (Pool A)

Tangaroa College: 1st XV

One Tree Hill: OTHC

Otahuhu: OC 1st XV

Avondale College: 1B

Waitakere College: 1B

Aorere College: 1B

Southern Cross C: 1B

1st XV – 1B (Pool B)

Dilworth School: 1A

Tamaki College: Tamaki college

Onehunga High School: Onehunga High

Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School: Sir Edmund Hillary

Pakuranga College: 1B

Mount Roskill Grammar School: 1B

Mangere College: 1B

Macleans: 1B

Howick College: Howick

1st XV – 1C

2nd Grade – 2A

2nd Grade – 2A (Round Robin)

Saint Kentigern College: 2A

King’s College: 2nd XV

Kelston Boys’ High School: KBHS 2A

St Pauls College: St Pauls College

Wesley College: 2A

Auckland Grammar: 2A

De La Salle: 2A

Dilworth School: 2A

Mt Albert Grammar School: 2A

Sacred Heart: 2A

St Peters: 2A

2nd Grade – 2B (Round Robin)

Otahuhu: OC 2nd XV

St Pauls College: st pauls college

Southern Cross C: Southern Cross 2nd 15

PASS: 2A

Auckland Grammar: 2B

Botany Downs Secondary College: 2B

De La Salle: 2B

Howick College: 2B

Liston College: 2B

Mt Albert Grammar School: 2B Blue

Mt Albert Grammar School: 2B Gold

Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School: 2B

Tangaroa College: 2C

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2nd Grade – 2C (Pool A)

Lynfield College: LYNFIELD IST XV

Avondale College: 2B

Dilworth School: 2C

Kelston Boys’ High School: 2C

Rutherford College: 2C

Waitakere College: 2C

2nd Grade – 2C (Pool B)

Aorere College: 2C

De La Salle: 2C

Marcellin College: 2C

Pakuranga College: 2C

Sacred Heart: 2C

Ormiston Senior College: 2C

One Tree Hill: 2C

1R (B) (Round Robin)

Selwyn College: Selwyn College

King’s College: 1R Gold

Auckland Grammar: 4B Blue

Auckland Grammar: 4B Gold

Green Bay High School: 1R

Sacred Heart: 1RB

Sancta Maria College: 1RA

Western Springs College: 1R

5th Grade – 5A

5th Grade – 5A (Round Robin)

Saint Kentigern College: 5A

King’s College: 5A

Auckland Grammar: 5A

Mt Albert Grammar School: 5A

Sacred Heart: 5A

St Peters: 5A

5th Grade – 5B (Round Robin)

Macleans: Macleans

Pukekohe High School: U70kg Rest.

Auckland Grammar: 5C

Green Bay High School: 5C

Howick College: 5C

Sacred Heart: 5C

Auckland Grammar: 5B

6th Grade – 6A (Round Robin)

Saint Kentigern College: 6A

King’s College: 6A

Auckland Grammar: 6A

Mt Albert Grammar School: 6A

Sacred Heart: 6A

St Peters: 6A

6th Grade – 6B (Round Robin)

Pakuranga College: Restricted Boys

Glendowie College: Glendowie 6th Grade

Macleans: Macleans

Auckland Grammar: 6B

Sacred Heart: 6B

St Peters: 6B

Under 14 A (Round Robin)

King’s College: U14A

Otahuhu: OC U14

Kelston Boys’ High School: KBHS U14A

Westlake Boys: Westlake Boys U14A

Wesley College: U14 Open B

Auckland Grammar: U14A

De La Salle: U14A

Dilworth School: U14A

Mt Albert Grammar School: U14A

Sacred Heart: U14A

St Peters: U14A

Under 14 B (Pool A)

Kelston Boys’ High School: KBHS U14B

St Pauls College: St Pauls College

Tamaki College: Under 14s

Avondale College: U14B

Sacred Heart: U14B

Waitakere College: U14B

Liston College: U14A

One Tree Hill: U14B

Under 14 B (Pool B)

Manurewa HS: U14 Open

Southern Cross C: Southern Cross U14

Rosehill College: U14 B

Aorere College: U14B

Botany Downs Secondary College: U14B

De La Salle: U14B

St Peters: U14B

Tangaroa College: U14B

Under 15 A (Round Robin)

De La Salle: De La Salle U15A

Saint Kentigern College: U15A

King’s College: U15 A

Otahuhu: OC U15

Kelston Boys’ High School: KBHS U15A

Westlake Boys: Westlake Boys U15A

St Pauls College: St Pauls College

Wesley College: U15 Open B

Auckland Grammar: U15A

Dilworth School: U15A

Liston College: U15A

Mt Albert Grammar School: U15A

Sacred Heart: U15A

St Peters: U15A

Under 15 B (Pool A)

Howick College: Howick U15

Edgewater College: Edgewater U15’s

Dilworth School: U15B

Marcellin College: U15B

Mount Roskill Grammar School: U15B

Pakuranga College: U15B

Sacred Heart: U15B

St Peters: U15B

Under 15 B (Pool B)

One Tree Hill: OTHC

Kelston Boys’ High School: KBHS U15B

Auckland Grammar: U15B

Avondale College: U15B

Mt Albert Grammar School: U15B

Onehunga High School: U15B

Rutherford College: U15B

Waitakere College: U15B

Under 15 B (Pool C)

Manurewa HS: U15 Open

Tamaki College: Tamaki College

Southern Cross C: Southern Cross U15

Rosehill College: U15 B

Aorere College: U15B

De La Salle: U15B

Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School: U15B

Tangaroa College: U15B

Mangere College: U15B

Under 15R – A (Round Robin)

Saint Kentigern College: U15R

King’s College: U15R

Pukekohe High School: U15/U55kg Rest.

Auckland Grammar: U15RA

Sacred Heart: U15 Restricted Blue

Auckland Grammar: U15RB

Sacred Heart: U15 Restricted Red

Under 15R – B

Secondary School Girls 10s (Pool A)

Otahuhu: OC Girls

Tamaki College: Tamaki College

Aorere College: Aorere

Mangere College: Mangere College

Marist College: Marist Senior Team

Onehunga High School: Onehunga

Papatoetoe HS: Papatoetoe High Girls

Tangaroa College: Tangaroa Girls

Secondary School Girls 10s (Pool B)

One Tree Hill: OTHC Girls

AGGS: Auckland Girls 10-a-side

Avondale College: Avondale 1st X Girls

Botany Downs Secondary College: Botany Downs Maroon

Mount Roskill Grammar School: Mt Roskill Girls 10s

Rutherford College: Rutherford College

St Mary’s College (Ponsonby): Girls 10s

Secondary School Girls 1st XV (Round Robin)

Howick College: Howick College GIrls

Rosehill College: 1st XV Girls

Manurewa HS: 1st XV Girls

Kelston Girls’ College: Kelston Girls College

Southern Cross C: Southern Cross 1st 15 Girls

AGGS: Auckland Girls 1XV

Epsom Girls: Epsom Girls 1st XV

McAuley HS: McAuley

Mt Albert Grammar School: Mt Albert Girls 1st XV

[tolly--oldknowe]

Wes hāl! My name is Kentigern/Toseland/Tolly/Sylvester. I am a writer, folk practitioner, name-gatherer, tartan-weaver, and circus-dweller.

I will use any pronouns here but please don’t exclusively use she/her for me.

Capricorn ☀️ Cancer 🌙 Cancer ⬆️

My work includes cartomancy, lithomancy, kitchen magic (including tyromancy!), meditation/scrying, protective magic, folk Catholicism, ghost work (I don’t know what to call it), moon magic, textile arts such as weaving, and pop culture magic.

I have always practiced, as long as I can remember, off and on. I used to use crystals a great deal but less so now.

My most used tools are silence, colours, talismans, decks of cards, pendulums, incense, my 70 year old rigid heddle loom, song, Latin prayer, synaesthesia, happenstance, moonlight, and walks.

I am influenced by my background in Catholicism and many early encounters with ghosts. I’ve been studying Quakerism for some time (I have Attended a couple of times but I don’t currently have reliable access to a Meeting) and that also informs my practice. I’m also influenced by ancient Roman folk beliefs, pre-Christian and early Christian belief in Britain, and, broadly, British folklore.

I studied Ancient Greek and Roman history, literature, politics and philosophy at university as well as having a limited background in archaeology, medieval history, and at one time a fairly comprehensive understanding of Latin although I am very rusty now.

I am monotheistic, but I work with other figures, especially the Virgin Mary, St Kentigern/Mungo, Myrddin (the ancient precursor to the figure of Merlin), the Moon, and St Germaine de Cousin.

Snails, moths and giraffes are special to me, as are snowflake obsidian and tigers eye, Myrddin, St Kentigern, St Joseph, gorse, dandelions, and the number 6, among many other things of course.

BYF: I am an adult. This is a sideblog. This blog will probably mention Christianity; please know that I have no intention to proselytise and any references to Christianity are based off personal belief and experience, not a universal statement. I identify as a folk practitioner rather than as a witch or as practicing witchcraft but for the sake of tagging!

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[brookston]

Holidays 1.13

Holidays

Accordion Day

All in the Family Day

Blame Someone Else Day

Change of Style Day

Children’s Day (Thailand)

Copper Day (French Republic)

Cuckoo Dancing Day

Day of Freedom Defenders (Lithuania)

Delta Sigma Theta Day

Democracy Day (Cape Verde)

Door-to-Door Salespeople Day

Eugenio Maria de Hostos’ Day (Puerto Rico)

Festival of the Body of Habits

Frisbee Day

J’Accuse Day

James Joyce Day

Kayin New Year (Myanmar)

Korean-American Day

Liberation Day (Togo)

Make Your Dreams Come True Day

Malanka (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine)

National AMBER Alert Awareness Day

National Aviation Day (Thailand)

National Dhaka Day (Nepal)

National Catherine Day

National French Bulldog Day

National Kathleen Day

National Shower Together Day

National Sticker Day

National Tip-Toe Day

Poetry Break Day

Public Radio Broadcasting Day

Radio Day

Redemption Day (Ghana)

Rubber Duckie Day

Russian Press Day (Russia)

Sidereal Winter Solstice Eve (SE Asia)

Silvesterklausen (Switzerland)

Stephen Foster Memorial Day

St. Knut’s Day (Finland)

Strive and Succeed Day

Swiftie Day

Trog Day

Turn On Your Radio Day

Universal Basic Income (UBI) Day

Uruka (Assam, India)

World Day to Combat Depression (WHO)

Yennayaer (Berbers)

Zero Birth Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Go Out To Dinner Day

Peach Melba Day

2nd Saturday in January

Children’s Day (Thailand) [2nd Saturday]

Eagle Day [2nd Saturday]

Miss America Pageant [2nd Saturday]

National Skate Day for Alzheimer’s (Canada) [2nd Saturday]

National Vision Board Day [2nd Saturday]

Vinegrower's Day (Bulgaria)

Independence & Related Days

Constitution Day (Mongolia)

Theria (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Calennig (Wales)

Old New Year’s Eve (Belarus, Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine)

Festivals Beginning January 13, 2024

Apalachicola Oyster Cook-Off (Apalachicola, Florida)

Asian American Expo (La Verne, California) [thru 1.14]

Blythe Bluegrass Jam Festival (Blythe, California) [thru 1.14]

Carnival of Vevčani (Macedonia) [thru 1.14]

Florida Keys Seafood Festival (Key West, Florida) [thru 1.14]

Mankato Craft Beer Expo (Mankato, Minnesota)

Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival (Morro Bay, California) [thru 1.16]

Quaker Oatmeal Festival (Lafayette, Colorado) [

Social in the City (London, UK) [thru 1.14]

Wintersköl Beer Festival (Aspen, Colorado)

Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival (Roswell, Virginia) [thru 1.14]

Feast Days

Bhogi (Tamil; 1st Day of Pongol)

Blessed Veronica of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Compitalia Mania: Day of the Mother of Ghosts (Pagan)

The Druids (Positivist; Saint)

Elian (Christian; Saint)

Feast of St. Kentigern (a.k.a. St. Mungo; Scotland)

George Fox (Lutheran; Saint)

Hilary of Poitiers (a.k.a. Hilarius; Christian; Saint)

Ides of January (Ancient Rome)

Jan Van Goyen (Artology)

Kentigern (Christian; Saint)

Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the last day of Christmas. (Finland, Sweden)

Lohri (India)

Maghi (Sikh)

Mawlid al-Nabi (Birthday of the prophet Mohammed, North American date; Muslim)

Midvintersblot (a.k.a. Mid Winter Blot or Midvetr, Midvetrarblot, Jordblot, Thorrablot, Freyrblot; Ancient Norse mid-winter feast)

Mungo (Christian; Saint)

Paul Gavarni (Artology)

Pongol begins (India)

Recuperation Fortnight begins (Shamanism)

Rubber Duckie (Muppetism)

Scalloway Fire Festival (Scotland)

Skeptics Day (Pastafarian)

Theogamia (Celebration of Zeus & Hera’s marriage; Ancient Greece)

Tiugunde Day (Old England)

Tjugondag (a.k.a. Tjugondagen Knut or the Last Day of Christmas or St. Knut's Day; Finland, Sweden)

Trumpeters Promenade the City in the Habits of Women (Ancient Rome)

Tyvendedagen (a.k.a. Twentieth Day of Knut; Norway)

Veronica (Christian; Saint)

Werner Van Braun (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Yvette (Christian; Blessed)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 13 [6 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s the13th day of the year, never a good thing and never will be for you.)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [4 of 57]

Premieres

The Big Sky, by A.B. Guthrie Jr. (Novel; 1947)

A Bit of Fry & Laurie (UK TV Series; 1989)

A Boy, a Gun and Birds (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1940)

All Together (SS Disney Cartoon; 1942)

The China Shop (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Darling in the Franxx (Anime TV Series; 2018)

Davy Jones Locker, featuring Willie Whopper (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1934)

Donald’s Lucky Day (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

The Donkey Serenade, recorded by Allan Jones (Song; 1938)

Dr. Sax, by Jack Kerouac (Novel; 1959)

Duke Of Earl, by Gene Chandler (Song; 1962)

Flowers, by Miley Cyrus (Song; 2023)

At Folsom Prison, by Johnny Cash (Concert recorded; 1968)

Glory Road (Film; 2006)

Hanna-Barbera’s All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (Animated TV Special; 1978)

Hill-billing and Cooing (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1956)

Hocus Pocus Pow Wow (WB LT Cartoon; 1968)

Hoodwinked! (Film; 2006)

Hook, Line and Stinker (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1969)

The Iron Lady (Film; 2012)

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, recorded by Johnny Cash (Live Concert Album; 1968)

Kraven the Hunter (Film; 2023)

Last Exit to Brooklyn, by Hubert Selby Jr. (Novel; 1963)

Legends of the Fall (Film; 1995)

My Hero, Zero (Schoolhouse Rock Cartoon; 1973)

Night and Day, by Cole Porter (Song; 1932)

The Owl and the Pussycat featuring Sourpuss (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Peacemaker (TV Series; 2022)

Plexus, by Henry Miller (Novel; 1953) [Rosy Crucifixion #2]

Real Women Have Curves (Film; 2002)

Ruby Tuesday, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1967)

The Sands of Mars, by Arthur C. Clarke (Novel; 1951)

The Screwy Truant, featuring Screwy Squirrel (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1945)

A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV Series; 2017)

Schitt’s Creek (TV Series; 2015)

Shanghaied (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Stitch & the Samurai (Manga; 2020)

Tangled Ever After (Disney Cartoon; 2012)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series; 2008)

The Times They Are a-Changin’, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1964)

Toxic, by Britney Spears (Song; 2004)

U Can’t Touch This, by MC Hammer (Song; 1990)

Wolf Like Me (TV Series; 2022)

Yellow Submarine, by The Beatles (Album; 1969)

Today’s Name Days

Hilarius, Hilmar, Jutta, Remigius (Austria)

Hilarije, Juta, Radovan, Veronika (Croatia)

Edita (Czech Republic)

Hilarius (Denmark)

Hillar, Hillo, Illar, Illart, Illo (Estonia)

Nuutti (Finland)

Hilaire, Yvette (France)

Hilarius, Hilmar, Jutta (Germany)

Emilos (Greece)

Veronika (Hungary)

Ilario, Leonzio (Italy)

Aira, Ārijs, Āris, Harijs (Latvia)

Dargaudas, Gilvydė, Iveta, Veronika (Lithuania)

Gislaug, Gisle (Norway)

Bogumił, Bogusąd, Bogusława, Godfryd, Gotfryd, Leoncjusz, Melania, Weronika (Poland)

Ermil (Romania)

Rastislav (Slovakia)

Hilario (Spain)

Knut (Sweden)

Ivette, Veronica, Vonnie, Vonny, Yvette, Yvonne (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 13 of 2024; 353 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 2 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 19 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 3 (Bing-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 3 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 2 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 13 White; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 31 December 2023

Moon: 7%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 13 Moses (1st Month) [The Druids]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 24 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 23 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.13

Holidays

Accordion Day

All in the Family Day

Blame Someone Else Day

Change of Style Day

Children’s Day (Thailand)

Copper Day (French Republic)

Cuckoo Dancing Day

Day of Freedom Defenders (Lithuania)

Delta Sigma Theta Day

Democracy Day (Cape Verde)

Door-to-Door Salespeople Day

Eugenio Maria de Hostos’ Day (Puerto Rico)

Festival of the Body of Habits

Frisbee Day

J’Accuse Day

James Joyce Day

Kayin New Year (Myanmar)

Korean-American Day

Liberation Day (Togo)

Make Your Dreams Come True Day

Malanka (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine)

National AMBER Alert Awareness Day

National Aviation Day (Thailand)

National Dhaka Day (Nepal)

National Catherine Day

National French Bulldog Day

National Kathleen Day

National Shower Together Day

National Sticker Day

National Tip-Toe Day

Poetry Break Day

Public Radio Broadcasting Day

Radio Day

Redemption Day (Ghana)

Rubber Duckie Day

Russian Press Day (Russia)

Sidereal Winter Solstice Eve (SE Asia)

Silvesterklausen (Switzerland)

Stephen Foster Memorial Day

St. Knut’s Day (Finland)

Strive and Succeed Day

Swiftie Day

Trog Day

Turn On Your Radio Day

Universal Basic Income (UBI) Day

Uruka (Assam, India)

World Day to Combat Depression (WHO)

Yennayaer (Berbers)

Zero Birth Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Go Out To Dinner Day

Peach Melba Day

2nd Saturday in January

Children’s Day (Thailand) [2nd Saturday]

Eagle Day [2nd Saturday]

Miss America Pageant [2nd Saturday]

National Skate Day for Alzheimer’s (Canada) [2nd Saturday]

National Vision Board Day [2nd Saturday]

Vinegrower's Day (Bulgaria)

Independence & Related Days

Constitution Day (Mongolia)

Theria (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Calennig (Wales)

Old New Year’s Eve (Belarus, Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine)

Festivals Beginning January 13, 2024

Apalachicola Oyster Cook-Off (Apalachicola, Florida)

Asian American Expo (La Verne, California) [thru 1.14]

Blythe Bluegrass Jam Festival (Blythe, California) [thru 1.14]

Carnival of Vevčani (Macedonia) [thru 1.14]

Florida Keys Seafood Festival (Key West, Florida) [thru 1.14]

Mankato Craft Beer Expo (Mankato, Minnesota)

Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival (Morro Bay, California) [thru 1.16]

Quaker Oatmeal Festival (Lafayette, Colorado) [

Social in the City (London, UK) [thru 1.14]

Wintersköl Beer Festival (Aspen, Colorado)

Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival (Roswell, Virginia) [thru 1.14]

Feast Days

Bhogi (Tamil; 1st Day of Pongol)

Blessed Veronica of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Compitalia Mania: Day of the Mother of Ghosts (Pagan)

The Druids (Positivist; Saint)

Elian (Christian; Saint)

Feast of St. Kentigern (a.k.a. St. Mungo; Scotland)

George Fox (Lutheran; Saint)

Hilary of Poitiers (a.k.a. Hilarius; Christian; Saint)

Ides of January (Ancient Rome)

Jan Van Goyen (Artology)

Kentigern (Christian; Saint)

Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the last day of Christmas. (Finland, Sweden)

Lohri (India)

Maghi (Sikh)

Mawlid al-Nabi (Birthday of the prophet Mohammed, North American date; Muslim)

Midvintersblot (a.k.a. Mid Winter Blot or Midvetr, Midvetrarblot, Jordblot, Thorrablot, Freyrblot; Ancient Norse mid-winter feast)

Mungo (Christian; Saint)

Paul Gavarni (Artology)

Pongol begins (India)

Recuperation Fortnight begins (Shamanism)

Rubber Duckie (Muppetism)

Scalloway Fire Festival (Scotland)

Skeptics Day (Pastafarian)

Theogamia (Celebration of Zeus & Hera’s marriage; Ancient Greece)

Tiugunde Day (Old England)

Tjugondag (a.k.a. Tjugondagen Knut or the Last Day of Christmas or St. Knut's Day; Finland, Sweden)

Trumpeters Promenade the City in the Habits of Women (Ancient Rome)

Tyvendedagen (a.k.a. Twentieth Day of Knut; Norway)

Veronica (Christian; Saint)

Werner Van Braun (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Yvette (Christian; Blessed)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 13 [6 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s the13th day of the year, never a good thing and never will be for you.)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [4 of 57]

Premieres

The Big Sky, by A.B. Guthrie Jr. (Novel; 1947)

A Bit of Fry & Laurie (UK TV Series; 1989)

A Boy, a Gun and Birds (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1940)

All Together (SS Disney Cartoon; 1942)

The China Shop (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Darling in the Franxx (Anime TV Series; 2018)

Davy Jones Locker, featuring Willie Whopper (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1934)

Donald’s Lucky Day (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

The Donkey Serenade, recorded by Allan Jones (Song; 1938)

Dr. Sax, by Jack Kerouac (Novel; 1959)

Duke Of Earl, by Gene Chandler (Song; 1962)

Flowers, by Miley Cyrus (Song; 2023)

At Folsom Prison, by Johnny Cash (Concert recorded; 1968)

Glory Road (Film; 2006)

Hanna-Barbera’s All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (Animated TV Special; 1978)

Hill-billing and Cooing (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1956)

Hocus Pocus Pow Wow (WB LT Cartoon; 1968)

Hoodwinked! (Film; 2006)

Hook, Line and Stinker (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1969)

The Iron Lady (Film; 2012)

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, recorded by Johnny Cash (Live Concert Album; 1968)

Kraven the Hunter (Film; 2023)

Last Exit to Brooklyn, by Hubert Selby Jr. (Novel; 1963)

Legends of the Fall (Film; 1995)

My Hero, Zero (Schoolhouse Rock Cartoon; 1973)

Night and Day, by Cole Porter (Song; 1932)

The Owl and the Pussycat featuring Sourpuss (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Peacemaker (TV Series; 2022)

Plexus, by Henry Miller (Novel; 1953) [Rosy Crucifixion #2]

Real Women Have Curves (Film; 2002)

Ruby Tuesday, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1967)

The Sands of Mars, by Arthur C. Clarke (Novel; 1951)

The Screwy Truant, featuring Screwy Squirrel (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1945)

A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV Series; 2017)

Schitt’s Creek (TV Series; 2015)

Shanghaied (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Stitch & the Samurai (Manga; 2020)

Tangled Ever After (Disney Cartoon; 2012)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series; 2008)

The Times They Are a-Changin’, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1964)

Toxic, by Britney Spears (Song; 2004)

U Can’t Touch This, by MC Hammer (Song; 1990)

Wolf Like Me (TV Series; 2022)

Yellow Submarine, by The Beatles (Album; 1969)

Today’s Name Days

Hilarius, Hilmar, Jutta, Remigius (Austria)

Hilarije, Juta, Radovan, Veronika (Croatia)

Edita (Czech Republic)

Hilarius (Denmark)

Hillar, Hillo, Illar, Illart, Illo (Estonia)

Nuutti (Finland)

Hilaire, Yvette (France)

Hilarius, Hilmar, Jutta (Germany)

Emilos (Greece)

Veronika (Hungary)

Ilario, Leonzio (Italy)

Aira, Ārijs, Āris, Harijs (Latvia)

Dargaudas, Gilvydė, Iveta, Veronika (Lithuania)

Gislaug, Gisle (Norway)

Bogumił, Bogusąd, Bogusława, Godfryd, Gotfryd, Leoncjusz, Melania, Weronika (Poland)

Ermil (Romania)

Rastislav (Slovakia)

Hilario (Spain)

Knut (Sweden)

Ivette, Veronica, Vonnie, Vonny, Yvette, Yvonne (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 13 of 2024; 353 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 2 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 19 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 3 (Bing-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 3 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 2 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 13 White; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 31 December 2023

Moon: 7%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 13 Moses (1st Month) [The Druids]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 24 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 23 of 31)

[scotianostra]

December 26th 1449 saw the first service held at Crichton Collegiate Church, south of Edinburgh.

The church lies a quarter-mile southwest of the Midlothian village of Crichton, and just to the north of Crichton Castle, the Crichton Parish Church was established as a Collegiate Church in 1449 by Sir William Crichton, laird of the nearby Crichton Castle and Chancellor of Scotland.

One of few remaining pre-Reformation collegiate churches which are still in use in Scotland, the Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Kentigern comprises a chancel and two transepts built in red sandstone; there was also probably a nave, but the only traces now are ragged stone work on either side of the entrance and traces of the roofline on the tower.

The vaulted interior was furnished during a major restoration completed in 1899, and it was then that the stained glass was installed.

Collegiate’ describes churches where priests and choirboys were recruited to pray daily for the souls of the great families who built and owned them.

[qudachuk]

St Kentigern’s Academy said there was an ‘isolated incident’ in the school grounds.