Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4372

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

9 June. On the day of St Columba will be celebrated an anniversary for the soul of the late Gavin, bishop of Aberdeen . . .

[Nono Junij . In die sancti Columbe celebrabitur anniuersarium pro anima quondam reuerendi patris Gauini Abirdonensis episcopi soluen' per vicarios chori ecclesie cathedralis Abirdonensis vnacum missa quotidiana per eosdem celebranda pro edificatione et constructione mansionum suarum magnis dicti reuerendi patris sumptibus iuxta naturam fundationis desuper facte per executores eiusdem Gauini . qui obijt vt supra anno die mense vt supra eodem libro in Martio . ]

Type of dedication
Liturgical celebration
Confidence
100
Saint named
Columba
Saint details
ST/JD/11
Date low
10/3/1531
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/2724
Notes
None
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