St. Ninians is Real!

Started by Captain Tammo, January 11, 2013, 03:46:04 AM

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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
"Cowards die a thousand times, a warrior only dies once. The spirits of all you have slain are watching you, Vilu Daskar, and they will rest in peace now that your time has come. You must die as you have lived, a coward to the last!" -Luke the warrior

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.
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321tumbler

Is anyone else wondering if Jacques went here or something?

W0NWILL


Redwaller

Quote from: W0NWILL on January 11, 2013, 09:28:41 PM
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?
"Cowards die a thousand times, a warrior only dies once. The spirits of all you have slain are watching you, Vilu Daskar, and they will rest in peace now that your time has come. You must die as you have lived, a coward to the last!" -Luke the warrior

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. :)

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ZaniatheBlack

He certainly likes names that start with M doesn't he?  ;)
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Ungatt Trunn

Quote from: Lily on January 14, 2013, 11:45:59 AM
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.

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Captain Tammo

Good point, I think as religious controversy spread, he made his books more appealing to all religions
"Cowards die a thousand times, a warrior only dies once. The spirits of all you have slain are watching you, Vilu Daskar, and they will rest in peace now that your time has come. You must die as you have lived, a coward to the last!" -Luke the warrior

AxeHound

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

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Captain Tammo

Quote from: AxeHound on February 26, 2013, 05:48:36 PM
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
"Cowards die a thousand times, a warrior only dies once. The spirits of all you have slain are watching you, Vilu Daskar, and they will rest in peace now that your time has come. You must die as you have lived, a coward to the last!" -Luke the warrior