Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/2105

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

In our presence when we had gathered together, there appeared the great and powerful lord, Sir William Sinclair earl of Orkney, lord of Sinclair, in the church of St Magnus the martyr in Orkney [. . .]

Coram nobis congregatis, comparens magnificus et prepotens Dominus, DOMINUS WILLELMUS DE SANCTO CLARO COMES ORCHADIE, DOMINUS LE SINCLARE in ecclesia Sancti Magni martiris in Orcadia [. . .]

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Magnus the martyr
Saint details
ST/JD/32
Date low
None
Date high
10/8/1434
Entry reference
EN/EW/1790
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
St Magnus Kirkwall Cathedral HY449108 Kirkwall & St Ola [KSO] Orkney 100