Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5111

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

In name of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, David, king of Scots, with assent of his son, Henry, and his wife Queen Matilda, confirms the grants of his parents to the church of the Holy Trinity of Dunfermline.

In nomine s{an}c{t}e {et} indiuidue Trinitatis . Ego Dauid dei gr{ati}a Rex Scott{orum} auc{torita}te regia ac potestate . Henrici filii mei assensu . {et} Matilidis Regine uxoris mee . ep{iscop}o{rum} . Comitu{m} . Baronumq{ue} regni mei {con}firmac{ion}e {et} testimonio . clero {et} adquiescente {et} pop{u}lo . Eccl{es}ie s{an}c{t}e Trinitatis Dunf{er}melitane . p{re}decesso{rum} meo{rum} pietatis studio {et} largic{i}o{n}is initiate . om{n}ia subsc{ri}pta {con}cedo {. . .}

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy and Indivisible Trinity
Saint details
ST/JD/52
Date low
1128
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3075
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
King David I Mac Malcolm Male Monarch 100 King of Scots 1124 to 1153; the last of the sons of Malcolm III, and Queen Margaret (the saint). Prince of Cumbria from c.1113.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100