Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. For this...
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Ninian may refer to: Ninian, medieval Christian bishop who evangelized the Picts Ninian Cockburn (died 1579), Scottish soldier Ninian Edwards (1775–1833)...
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The Ninian Central Platform is an oil platform in the North Sea. When constructed in Loch Kishorn, Scotland in 1978 the 600,000 tonne platform was the...
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Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, PC, QC (15 June 1923 – 29 October 2017) was an English-born Australian judge who served as the 20th...
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Ninian Park was a football stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales, that was the home of Cardiff City F.C. for 99 years. Opened in 1910 with a single...
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The Ninian Pipeline is a 175 kilometres (109 mi) long crude oil pipeline, which runs from the Ninian Central platform in the northern North Sea to the...
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Roderick Ninian Smart (6 May 1927 – 29 January 2001) was a Scottish writer and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious...
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Cardiff City F.C. (section Ninian Park)
nickname "The Bluebirds" derives. Cardiff's first permanent ground was Ninian Park, which opened in 1910; it remained in use for 99 years until the club...
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Ninian Edwards (March 17, 1775 – July 20, 1833) was an American political figure who was prominent in Illinois. He served as the first and only governor...
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Joe Yule (redirect from Ninian Joseph Ewell)
Ninnian Joseph Yule (30 April 1892 – 30 March 1950) was a Scottish-American burlesque and vaudeville actor who later appeared in many films as a character...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart (15 May 1883 – 2 October 1915) was a Scottish senior officer in the British Army and Member of Parliament...
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Ninian Crichton Stuart (born 16 March 1957) is the Hereditary Keeper of Falkland Palace, a former Scottish royal palace in Fife. He is the grandson of...
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Ninian Jamieson Finlay (31 January 1858 – 7 March 1936) was an international rugby player for Scotland. He played nine caps for Scotland between 1875 –...
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Andrew Bertie (redirect from Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie)
Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie (15 May 1929 – 7 February 2008) was Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1988 until his...
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Diarmaid MacCulloch (redirect from Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch)
Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch Kt FSA FRHistS FBA (/ˈdɜːrməd/; born 31 October 1951) is an English academic and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical...
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Ninian Cockburn (died 6 May 1579) was a Scottish soldier and officer of the Garde Écossaise, a company which guarded the French king. He had an ambiguous...
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Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (redirect from Ninian and Nils (Fire Emblem))
Nergal returns and captures Ninian. The heroes collect the legendary weapons, but Nergal tricks Eliwood into killing Ninian, who, along with Nils, is revealed...
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Sir John Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a Scottish architect, one of the last of the great Gothic Revival architects. His work almost...
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Ritchie Robertson (redirect from Ritchie Neil Ninian Robertson)
Ritchie Neil Ninian Robertson FBA (born 1952) is a British academic who was the Taylor Professor of German Language and Literature between 2010 and 2021...
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St Ninian's Church is a Parish church of the Scottish Episcopal Church located in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow, Scotland. The church was built on...
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Ninian Niven (1799 – 18 February 1879) was a Scottish horticulturist and landscape gardener. Ninian Niven was born in 1799 in Kelvingrove, Glasgow. His...
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Ninian Winȝet or Winzet (/ˈwɪnjət/ WIN-yət; 1518–1592) was a Scottish Catholic priest and polemical writer. For more on the spelling of his name, see yogh...
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The Ninian (French pronunciation: [ninjɑ̃]) is a river in Brittany, France. Its length is 59.6 km (37.0 mi). Its main tributaries are the Trelan (at Mohon)...
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Ninian Melville (29 December 1843 – 26 June 1897) was an Australian politician in the late nineteenth century. The son of a Scottish cabinet maker (Ninian...
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Ninian Sanderson (14 May 1925 – 1 October 1985) was a Scottish car dealer, sports car racing driver, and winner of the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans. Sanderson...
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Vita Sancti Niniani (redirect from Life of Ninian)
The Vita Sancti Niniani ("Life of Saint Ninian") or simply Vita Niniani ("Life of Ninian") is a Latin language Christian hagiography written in northern...
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Isle of Whithorn (redirect from Saint Ninian's Chapel)
Whithorn'. The village is the location of the long ruined 13th-century Saint Ninian's Chapel, previously a chapel linked to Whithorn Priory and a stopping off...
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54°41′38″N 4°26′59″W / 54.6938°N 4.4498°W / 54.6938; -4.4498 St Ninian's Cave is a cave in Physgill Glen, Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland...
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St Ninian and St Triduana's Church, Edinburgh is a Catholic church in the Restalrig district of Edinburgh, Scotland. The original church was a wooden building...
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about her position but is not happy. When her brother-in-law's brother, Ninian, comes to visit, there is a certain attraction between them. While joking...
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