The Northern Saints
Below are images of the saints that are depicted in the gallery in Workington Parish Church.
They brought Christianity to the North West of England.
They brought Christianity to the North West of England.
St. Michael
Archangel
Feast Day - 29th September
Symbol - Sword
Archangel
Feast Day - 29th September
Symbol - Sword
St. Ninian,
Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts.
c. 360 - 432
Feast Day - 16th September
Symbol - Staff with head blossoming into leaf.
Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts.
c. 360 - 432
Feast Day - 16th September
Symbol - Staff with head blossoming into leaf.
St. Aidan
Monk of Iona and Bishop of Lindisfarne
c. 605 - 650
Feast Day - 31st August
Symbol - Crozier : Stag at his feet
St. Herbert
Died in 687
Feast Day - 20th March
St. Kentigern (Mungo)
Bishop in Strathclyde and Cumbria
c. 518 - 603
Feast Day - 13th January
Symbol - Salmon at feet, ring in hand
St. Bridget (Bride Brigid)
Abbess of Kildare
c. 523
Symbol - Lantern and oak wreath
St. Bega
Feast Day - 6th September
Symbol - A Bracelet
St. Oswald
King of Northumbria, Martyr
c. 605 - 642
Feast Day - 5th August
Symbol - A Sword
St. Cuthbert
d. 687
Feast Day - 20th March
Symbol - A Swan
St. Wilfred of Ripon,
Bishop, Missionary
c. 634 - 709
Feast Day - 12th October
Symbol - A Crozier