Editing Saint Mungo (section)

==Name==
In [[Wales]] and [[England]], this saint is known by his birth and baptismal name Kentigern ({{langx|cy|Cyndeyrn}}). This name probably comes from the [[Common Brittonic|British]] {{lang|cel|*Cuno-tigernos}}, which is composed of the elements {{lang|cel|*cun}}, a [[hound]], and {{lang|cel|*tigerno}}, a lord, prince, or king. The evidence is based on the [[Old Welsh]] record {{lang|owl|Conthigirn(i)}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jackson |first=Kenneth |title=Language and History in Early Britain |year=1953 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=1-85182-140-6 |page=676 }}</ref> Other etymologies have been suggested, including British {{lang|cel|*Kintu-tigernos}} 'chief prince' based on the English form Kentigern, but the Old Welsh form above and [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|Cundiʒeorn}} do not appear to support this.<ref>It may also be worth noting that the Welsh {{lang|cy|cynt}} and [[Cornish language|Cornish]] and [[Breton language|Breton]] equivalents mean 'sooner, earlier, prior' and not 'chief' as is assumed by the derivation. Suggestions that the name may derive from British {{lang|cel|*Kon-tigern}} with {{lang|cel|*kom-}} 'with' (cognate with the Latin {{lang|la|com-, con-, co-}}) are unfounded. The element is barely known in Brythonic personal names and the meaning 'co-prince' or 'our ruler' (sic.) seems unlikely as a birth name. Moreover, the Brit. {{lang|cel|Kontigernos}} would have rendered Welsh {{lang|cy|**Cynteyrn}} which does not occur.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}</ref>

Particularly in Scotland, he is known by the [[nickname|pet name]] Mungo, possibly derived from the [[Cumbric language|Cumbric]] equivalent of the {{langx|cy|fy nghu}} 'my dear (one)'.<ref>However the meaning is disputed; as noted in Donald Attwater's ''The Penguin Dictionary of Saints'', Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1965; p. 213</ref> The Mungo pet name or [[hypocorism]] has a Gaelic parallel in the form {{lang|gd|Mo Choe}} or {{lang|gd|Mo Cha}}, under which guise Kentigern appears in [[Kirkmahoe]], for example, in Dumfriesshire, which appears as {{lang|la|ecclesia Sancti Kentigerni}} in the ''Arbroath Liber'' in 1321. An ancient church in [[Bromfield, Cumbria]], is named after him, as are [[Crosthwaite Parish Church]] and some other churches in the northern part of [[Cumbria]], for example [[St Mungo's Church, Dearham]].