Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4233

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Item a silver cross in which there is a piece of (Our) Lord's cross. {piece of wood of the Lord) Item a silver-gilt cross in which there is a piece of the cross {wood} of St Andrew, gifted by Bishop Gilbert.

{. . .} Item wna crux in qua est pars ligni dominici de argento . Item vna crux in qua est pars ligni sancti Andree de argento deaurato ex dono domini Gilberti episcopi {. . .}

Type of dedication
Relics
Confidence
100
Saint named
Andrew
Saint details
ST/JD/3
Date low
None
Date high
12/3/1464
Entry reference
EN/EW/2661
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Bishop of Aberdeen Gilbert Greenlaw, de Male Bishop 100 Gilbert de Greenlaw, bishop of Aberdeen 1390-1421; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 3.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100