Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5138

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Malcolm, king of Scots confirms the grant of the church of Newton which Alwin Renner and his wife Ada made to the church of Holy Trinity of Dunfermline and the brothers serving God there.

M . Rex Scott{orum} om{n}ib{us} probis ho{min}ib{us} tocius sue t{er}re Sal{utem} . Scia{n}t o{mne}s tam futuri q{u}a{m} p{re}sentes me concessisse {et} hac mea carta {con}firmasse donac{i}o{ne}m ecc{lesi}e de Neutun q{u}am Elwin{us} Renner {et} Eda uxor ei{us} in p{er}petuam ded{er}unt elemosinam ecc{lesi}e s{an}c{t}e Trinitatis de Dunf' {et} fr{atr}ib{us} ibide{m} deo s{er}uientib{us} {. . .}

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Trinity
Saint details
ST/JD/52
Date low
None
Date high
1165
Entry reference
EN/EW/3088
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100