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Saint Ninian
(St. Ninian)c.360 - 432
The first known Christian missionary in Scotland. Perhaps born in Strathclyde or Northumbria (England) Ninian was a Briton who trained in Rome. He lived at Whithorn on the shores of the Solway Firth, where he founded a mission and preached to the Picts.
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