Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4488

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

In 1529, on the translation of St Benedict, Master Robert Reid, subdean and official of Moray, vicar of Gartly and 'Bruntkyrk', and vicar of Kirkcaldy, received the Cistercian habit in Edinburgh from the bishop of Aberdeen . . . Item, in the same year there was an earthquake, on the octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin . . .

Anno Mo vc xxixo, in translatione sancti Benedicti, Magister Robertus Red, subdecanus et officialis Moravie, et vicarius de Gartle et Bruntkyrk, et vicarius de Kyrkcaldy, recepit habitum Cisterciensem in Edinburgo ab episcopo Aberdenensi {. . .} Item factus est terremotus eodem anno, in octavo die assumptionis beatissime Virginis, quasi in tota Scocia sexta hora diei in aurora. {. . .}

Type of dedication
Dating by feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Translation of St Benedict
Saint details
ST/EW/192
Date low
11/7/1529
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/2784
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
no locations recorded
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence