Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4252

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Item a silver-gilt pax-brede with images of the Holy Cross, St Mary and St John the evangelist, gifted by Thomas, bishop of Aberdeen.

{. . .} Item a pax brede de argento deaurato cum ymaginibus beate crucis beate Marie et sancti Johannis Ewangeliste ex dono reuerendi patris Thome episcopi Abirdonensis {. . .}

Type of dedication
Image
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Cross
Saint details
ST/JD/54
Date low
None
Date high
12/3/1464
Entry reference
EN/EW/2668
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Bishop of Aberdeen Thomas Spens Male Bishop 100 Thomas Spens, bishop of Aberdeen, 1457-80; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 4.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100