Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/3785

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Duncan, earl of Fife, grants right of patronage of church of Kincardine O'Neil and its annexed chapels to Alexander, bishop of Aberdeen, by placing his hands on the altar of St Mary of the cathedral church.

{. . .} quas ad perpetuam rei memoriam et in signum possessionis vel quasi a me heredibus et successoribus meis in ecclesiam cathedralem de Abberdon per me transfuse perpetuo manibus meis propriis posui et optuli super altare beate Marie cathedralis ecclesie supradicte {. . .}

Type of dedication
Altar dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Mary
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
None
Date high
7/3/1338
Entry reference
EN/EW/2467
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100