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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Famous quotes containing the word fiction:
“One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)
“If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.”
—William Gass (b. 1924)
“It is with fiction as with religion: it should present another world, and yet one to which we feel the tie.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)