Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4336

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Moreover, another silver-gilt chalice, weighing twenty five ounces at the altar of St Katherine the virgin, situated within the foresaid church, in custody of the chaplain of the said altar

{. . .} Preterea alter calix ex argento deauratus ponderis viginti quinque vnciarum ad altare diue virginis Katharine infra supradictam ecclesiam situatum in custodia capellani dicti altaris sumptibus prefati domini Gauini sed per executores eiusdem fabricatus {. . .}

Type of dedication
Gift
Confidence
100
Saint named
Katherine the virgin
Saint details
ST/JD/9
Date low
1532
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/2702
Notes
Gift made through his executors.
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Bishop of Aberdeen Gavin Dunbar Male Bishop 100 Gavin Dunbar I, bishop of Aberdeen 1518-32; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 5.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100