Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/2133

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

[. . .]In witness thereof I ask the reverend lord Bishop Andor, Bishop of Bergen, and the honourable men Thord Mattsson and James Mattsson raadmen [councillors] in Bergen to put their seals along with my seal to this letter, written in Bergen on the day of St Praxede, virgin and martyr, &c. [July 21], A.D. 1512.

[. . .] tiil sannyndh her om beder jeg werdigh herre Biskup Andorss, Biskup i Berghen oc hedherlighe mendh Tord Matzson och Jacob Matzson radmendh j Berghen jnsigle med myth syth ffore thetta breff som scriffweth aer j Berghen Anno Domini Mo do xijo ipso die Sancte Praxedis virginis nec non martiris, &c.

Type of dedication
Dating by feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Praxede
Saint details
ST/EW/154
Date low
21/7/1512
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/1804
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
no locations recorded
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence