Fiction
St. Mungo finds a reference in the Harry Potter cycle of books, as the titular saint of St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. The namesake of the Hospital is, however, Mungo Bonham (1560 - 1659), an accomplished Healer. St Mungo is also referenced in the Father Brown series of books by G.K. Chesterton, as the titular saint of Father Brown's parish.
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