Ninian of Whithorn

St. Ninian, bishop and apostle of the southern Picts.

St. Ninian was a Briton of the fourth and fifth centuries who, tradition relates, studied in Rome and was sent as bishop to his people. He built a stone church at Whithorn in Galloway, called Candida Casa, and from it preached Christ to the southern Picts.

He reposed in peace and is commemorated on September 16.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Ninian of Whithorn is commemorated on September 16. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on September 29 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Ninian

Also commemorated on September 16

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  Euphemia the All-Praised (2nd)

  Martyr, Ευφημία

  Holy Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Praised of Chalcedon.

  Name days: Efimia, Efimi, Euphemia

• Melitini of Marcianopolis

  Holy Woman, Μελιτίνη

  Holy Martyr Melitini of Marcianopolis in Thrace.

  Name days: Melitini, Melitina, Melitine, Melina

• Ludmila of Bohemia

  Holy Woman, Λουντμίλα

  Holy Martyr Ludmila, princess of Bohemia and grandmother of St. Wenceslaus.

  Name days: Ludmila, Ludmilla, Lyudmila, Liudmila

• Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt

  Venerable, Δωρόθεος ο Ερημίτης

  Venerable Dorotheos, hermit of the Egyptian desert.

• Cyprian of Kiev and Moscow

  Hierarch, Κυπριανός Κιέβου

  St. Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow, Athonite and hesychast.

• Basil of Gortyna

  Hierarch, Βασίλειος Γορτύνης

  St. Basil, bishop of Gortyna in Crete.