# Marnock

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{{Short description|Scottish monk, bishop and saint}}
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{{Infobox saint
|name=Saint Marnock of Kilmarnock
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|death_date=625<ref name=cathsaintsinfo1>{{cite web|url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marnock/ |title=Blog Archive » Saint Marnock |publisher=CatholicSaints.Info |date=2010-02-26 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref>
|feast_day=25 October<ref name=saintsplacenamesscotland>{{cite web|url=https://saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk/saint.php?id=136 |title=Saints in Scottish Place-Names - Marnock of Kilmarnock |publisher=Saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref>
|venerated_in=[Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church)<ref name=cathsaintsinfo1/><br>[Eastern Orthodox Church](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church)
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|birth_place= [Ireland](/source/Ireland)<ref name=cathsaintsinfo1/>
|death_place= [Annandale](/source/Annandale%2C_Dumfries_and_Galloway), [Strathclyde](/source/Kingdom_of_Strathclyde)<ref name=cathsaintsinfo1/>
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|canonized_date= [Pre-Congregation](/source/Pre-Congregation)<ref name=cathsaintsinfo1/>
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|patronage= [Kilmarnock](/source/Kilmarnock), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
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'''Marnock''' or '''Marnock of Kilmarnock''' (died {{circa|625 AD}}), also known as '''Marnocus''', '''Marnan of Narnach''', '''Marnanus''', '''Marnocalso'''<ref name="cathsaintsinfo1">{{cite web|url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marnock/ |title=Blog Archive » Saint Marnock |publisher=CatholicSaints.Info |date=2010-02-26 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> or originally '''Ernin''' ({{etymology|ga|Mo-Ernin-og}})<ref name=cathsaintsinfo2>{{cite web|url=https://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-marnock-or-marnan-bishop-a-d-625// |title=Blog Archive » Calendar of Scottish Saints – Saint Marnock or Marnan, Bishop, A.D. 625 |publisher=CatholicSaints.Info |date=2014-02-02 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> was a [Scottish](/source/Scottish_people) [monk](/source/monk), [bishop](/source/bishop) and  [saint](/source/Christian_saint).<ref name=cathsaintsinfo1/>

==Biography==
Details on the life of Marnock that have survived to the present day are limited,<ref name=celtsaints>{{cite web|url=http://celticsaints.org/2018/0301b.html |title=Celtic and Old English Saints - 1 March |publisher=Celticsaints.org |date=2018-01-20 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> though some facts are known. Marnock was born in [Ireland](/source/Ireland), most likely in the late 6th century.<ref name=cathsaintsinfo2/> He became a monk on the [abbey](/source/abbey) at [Iona](/source/Iona) where he became a student and disciple of [Saint Columba](/source/Saint_Columba).<ref name=celtsaints/> He later left the monastery to become a missionary bishop on the Scottish mainland.<ref name=celtsaints/>

It is widely accepted that Marnock died at [Annandale](/source/Annandale%2C_Dumfries_and_Galloway) in 625,<ref name=cathsaintsinfo1/> however at least one account gives his place of death and burial site as ''Inchmarnoch'' near [Aboyne](/source/Aboyne) in [Aberdeenshire](/source/Aberdeenshire).<ref name=canmore>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/33985/inchmarnoch-chapel-of-inchmarnock |title=Inchmarnoch, Chapel Of Inchmarnock |publisher=Canmore |date= |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref>

==Veneration and legacy==
[[File:St. Marnock's Parish Church, Kilmarnock - geograph.org.uk - 1610388.jpg|thumb|upright|St Marnock's Church, [Kilmarnock](/source/Kilmarnock)]]
A strong cult of veneration developed for Marnock after his death, particularly in the region of the [Scottish Borders](/source/Scottish_Borders).<ref name=cathsaintsinfo1/> Marnock's head was kept as a [relic](/source/relic) at [Kilmarnock](/source/Kilmarnock), where a tradition emerged where it was washed each Sunday, with the resulting wash water given to the sick to effect miraculous cures.<ref>Cooper, J., 1996, ''Dictionary of Christianity'', Rutledge Books</ref>

The strength of Marnock's cult in the centuries that followed his death is demonstrated in the great number of locations, in [Scotland](/source/Scotland) as well as in [Ireland](/source/Ireland), named in his honour, including: 

* Ardmonoch, a locality within [Kilfinan](/source/Kilfinan) in Argyll and Bute<ref name="ardmonoch">{{cite web|url=https://saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk/place.php?id=1331805380|title=Ardmarnock, settlement Kilfinan |publisher=Saints in Scottish Place-names}}</ref>
* [Dalmarnock](/source/Dalmarnock) a district within Glasgow<ref name=cathsaintsinfo2/>
* Dalmarnock, a farmsteading near [Dunkeld](/source/Dunkeld), and the adjacent ''Dalmarnock Beat'', a salmon fishery on the [River Tay](/source/River_Tay)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dalmarnockfishings.co.uk/ |title=Dalmarnock Fishings – Prime Middle Tay Salmon Fishing |access-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118204148/http://www.dalmarnockfishings.co.uk/ |archive-date=18 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Inchmarnoch, an island on the [River Dee](/source/River_Dee%2C_Aberdeenshire) in Aberdeenshire where Marnock established a chapel and, by some accounts, died and was buried<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/9668/name/Inchmarnoch+Chapel%2C+Glenmuick+Glenmuick%2C+Tullich+and+Glengairn+Grampian |title=Inchmarnoch Chapel, Glenmuick - Glenmuick, Tullich and Glengairn, Grampian - Places of Worship in Scotland &#124; SCHR |publisher=Scottishchurches.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref><ref name=canmore/>
* [Inchmarnock](/source/Inchmarnock), an isle at the northern end of the Sound of Bute<ref name=cathsaintsinfo2/>
* [Kilmarnock](/source/Kilmarnock), a town in Ayrshire<ref name=cathsaintsinfo2/> 
* [Portmarnock](/source/Portmarnock), a coastal hamlet in Fingal, Ireland<ref name="portmarnock.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.portmarnock.org/about-portmarnock.php|title=Portmarnock Community Association|publisher=}}</ref> A local school also bears his name.<ref>{{cite news |title=St Marnock's hopes to retain Catholic ethos |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/news/st-marnocks-hopes-to-retain-catholic-ethos-37993601.html |publisher=Fingal Independent}}</ref>
* [Naomh Mearnóg CLG](/source/Naomh_Mearn%C3%B3g_CLG), a [GAA](/source/Gaelic_Athletic_Association) club in Portmarnock
* [Marnoch](/source/Marnoch%2C_Aberdeenshire), a [parish in Aberdeenshire](/source/List_of_places_in_Aberdeenshire)
* [Marnock Oil Field](/source/Eastern_Trough_Area_Project), at the centre of the [Eastern Trough Area Project](/source/Eastern_Trough_Area_Project), 150 miles east of Aberdeen under the North Sea.<ref name="A Barrell Full">{{cite web|url=http://www.abarrelfull.wikidot.com/marnock-oil-field|title=Marnock Oil Field|publisher=A Barrell Full}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Scottish Roman Catholic saints
Category:Medieval Irish saints
Category:Medieval Scottish saints
Category:Irish Roman Catholic saints
Category:6th-century Christian saints
Category:7th-century Christian saints
Category:625 deaths
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Christian_missionaries_in_Scotland

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