Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5236

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

William de Lamberton, bishop of St Andrews, to the honour of God, St Andrew our patron, and St Margaret the queen, whose relics are venerated there (Dunfermline) with renown, confers the vicarage of Dunfermline on the sacristan of the abbey. The charter is dated on the nearest Monday following the feast of St Nicholas the confessor in 1300.

{. . .} Nos eo ampli{us} in p{re}missis ip{s}os f{er}uenc{i}ores redd{er}e sp{er}antes q{u}anto min{us} t{em}p{or}alib{us} destituti fu{er}int auxiliis ad honore{m} d{e}i {et} b{eat}i Andr{ee} patroni n{ost}ri n{e}c no{n} {et} b{eat}e Margarete Regine cui{us} reliquie ibide{m} sb' celebritate ven{er}ant{ur} . {. . .} Dat{um} ap{u}d Dunf{er}mel{yn} die lune p{ro}x{im}o p{ost} festu{m} b{eat}i Nich{ola}i confessor{is} Anno d{omi}ni Mo ccco .

Type of dedication
Dating by feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Nicholas the confessor
Saint details
ST/JD/50
Date low
None
Date high
12/12/1300
Entry reference
EN/EW/3128
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