Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4168

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Item a vestment of striped cloth with an alb, amice and the rest by a gift of Bishop Henry to the altar of St Katherine the virgin. Item two pieces of linen for the same altar from his gift.

{. . .} Item vnum vestimentum de burgo {sic.} alexandri cum albo et ameta et ceteris per donationem reuerendi in Christo patris ac domini domini Henrici Dei gratia episcopi huius ecclesie ad altare sancte Katerine virginis . Item duo linthiamina pro eodem altari de donatione eiusdem {. . .}

Type of dedication
Gift
Confidence
100
Saint named
Katherine the virgin
Saint details
ST/JD/9
Date low
None
Date high
1436
Entry reference
EN/EW/2633
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Bishop of Aberdeen Henry Lichton, de Male Bishop 100 Henry de Lichton, bishop of Moray, 1414-22 and then bishop of Aberdeen, 1422-40; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 280, 3.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100