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DE/EW/5359

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Pope Innocent IV writes to bishops of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane following a supplication of the king of Scots that Queen Margaret ought to be counted amongst the saints. The bishops are ordered to investigate her life, merits, and miracles.

INnoc{entius} ep{is}c{opus} s{eruus} . s{eruorum} . d{e}i . ven{er}ab{i}lib{us} fr{atri}b{us} . s{an}c{t}i And{ree} . Dunkeld{ensis} . {et} Dunblan{ensis} Ep{iscop}is sal{u}t{e}m . {et} ap{osto}lic{am} b{e}n{e}d{ictionem} . Ex p{ar}te Kmi in xo filii n{ost}ri Regis scoc{ie} illustris fuit nob{is} humilit{er} supplicatu{m} . ut cu{m} corp{us} clare memorie Margarite Regine Scoc{ie} choruscet mirac{u}lis infinitis : ip{s}am aggregari s{an}c{t}o{rum} chatalago fac{er}em{us} . Qvia u{er}o? nob{is} non constitit . de p{re}missis . frat{er}nitati v{est}re p{er} ap{ostoli}ca . sc{ri}p' . man{da}mus . q{u}atinus de ip{s}i{us} vita . {et} m{er}itis . ac miraculis inquiratis diligentius u{er}itate . {et} q{uod} inueneritis fidelit{er} redacta in sc{ri}ptis {. . .}

Type of dedication
Canonisation request
Confidence
100
Saint named
Margaret the queen
Saint details
ST/JD/33
Date low
27/7/1245
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3182
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
King Alexander II Mac Malcolm Male Monarch 100 Only son of William I (the Lion) and Ermengarde. King of Scots, 4 Dec. 1214 to 8 July 1249. ODNB, 'Alexander II'.
no locations recorded
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence