Saint Mungo a coracle in which she drifted across the River Forth to Culross in Fife. There Mungo was born. Mungo was brought up by Saint Serf who was ministering to the Picts in that area. It was Serf who gave him his popular pet-name. At the age of twenty-five, Mungo began his missionary labours on the Clyde, on the site of modern Glasgow. He built his church across the water from an extinct volcano, next to the Molendinar Burn, where the present medieval cathedral now stands. For some thirteen years, he laboured in the district, living a most austere life in
St. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town St Mary’s Cathedral, it is the oldest Catholic Cathedral in South Africa. It is located specifically in Stalplein (or the Stable square) near the parliament building. The local bishop bought land in 1839 and the first stone was laid two years later, being consecrated on April 28, 1851 with the Gothic Revival style design of Otto Hagger. In 1926 he added a tower and the sanctuary was remodeled in 1947. In 1951 he was consecrated as a Catholic Cathedral. Its last restoration was done in 1997. The Cathedral is situated in the heart of the City of Cape Town, also