St. Ninians is Real!

[Captain Tammo]

A church? A joke? A fact!

Check it out, there's a St. Ninians High School! Well, a few actually!

Here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ninian's_High_School

[Lutra]

Links to actual schools are far more believable than wikipedia.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/StNinians/


Though I'm not really surprised its a parochial school.

[321tumbler]

Is anyone else wondering if Jacques went here or something?

[W0NWILL]

No. He went to St. John's

[Redwaller]

No. He went to St. John's

OOT: You could put this in the summary of Brian.

BIT: He might have done this on purpose.

[Captain Tammo]

I think it may have been a coincidence. I feel like it was just a popular name for a church... Is there an actual person who was saint Ninian?

[Redwaller]

Not sure, but in one of the books they tell of the story of St. Ninians

[Lily]

Apparently there was a Saint Ninian.

Brian used a few Christian or Biblical names in Redwall; Methuselah, Matthias, even Asmodeus is a demon from the Catholic bible. I think Mr Jacques just liked the names.

[Kitsune]

Cool!

[Martin the warrior]

very cool

[ZaniatheBlack]

He certainly likes names that start with M doesn't he? 

[Ungatt Trunn]

Apparently there was a Saint Ninian.

Brian used a few Christian or Biblical names in Redwall; Methuselah, Matthias, even Asmodeus is a demon from the Catholic bible. I think Mr Jacques just liked the names.

It can be noted that all of these bibical names only are used in his earlier works.

[Captain Tammo]

Good point, I think as religious controversy spread, he made his books more appealing to all religions

[AxeHound]

Personally, I like the Biblical names better than later names. Like Uggo Wiltud. We go from Matthias to Uggo? Not cool.

[Captain Tammo]

Personally, I like the Biblical names better than later names. Like Uggo Wiltud. We go from Matthias to Uggo? Not cool.

I agree, the biblical names were just more medieval sounding