Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/2013

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

The birth of our prince James the Fourth, in the year of our Lord 1472, 17 day of March, namely: on the feast of St Patrick the Confessor in the monastery of Holyrood, near Edinburgh.

Nativitas Principis nostri JACOBI QUARTI, Anno Domini Mmo iiij c lxxij o, xvij die mensis Marcii, viz: in festo Sancti Patricii Confessoris in Monasterio Sancte Crucis, prope Edinburgh.

Type of dedication
Dating by feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Patrick the Confessor
Saint details
ST/JD/42
Date low
17/3/1472
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/1730
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Abbey Holyrood Abbey NT269739 Canongate [CGT] Edinburgh 100