Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5206

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Robert, bishop of St Andrews, grants the church of St Leonard of Perth to the church of the Holy Trinity of Dunfermline in perpetual alms, as a pendicle of the church of St John the Baptist of that town.

Rob{ertus} d{e}i gr{aci}a ecc{lesi}e s{an}c{t}i andr{ee} Ep{is}c{opus} . om{n}ib{us} s{an}c{t}e matris ecc{lesi}e filiis sal{u}t{em} . {et} ep{isco}palem b{e}n{e}dicc{i}onem . Notu{m} sit o{mn}ib{us} tam p{re}sentib{us} qu{a}m futuris nos dedisse {et} p{re}senti munimi{n}e {con}firmasse ecc{lesi}am s{an}c{t}i leonardi de P{er}th . ecc{lesi}e s{an}c{t}e Trini{ta}tis de Dunf' in p{er}petuam elemosinam . ut menbru{m} ecc{lesi}e s{an}c{t}i Joh{ann}is baptiste eiusdem uille {. . .}

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Trinity
Saint details
ST/JD/52
Date low
None
Date high
1153
Entry reference
EN/EW/3114
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