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DE/EW/5360

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Pope Innocent IV to the bishops of St Andrews and Glasgow regarding evidence for canonisation of St Margaret the queen

INnoc{entius} Ep{iscopus} . s{eruus} . s{eruorum} d{e}i . ven{er}ab{i}lib{us} fr{atr}ib{us} S{an}c{t}i And{ree} {et} Glasg{uensis} Ep{iscop}is Sal{utem} . {et} ap{ostolicam} . b{e}n{e}d{ictionem} . Cvm ad instancia{m} Kmi in xpo filii n{ost}ri Reg{is} Scoc{ie} Illust{ri}s t' frat{er} Ep{iscop}e s' And{ree} {et} ven{er}ab{i}lib{us} fr{at}rib{us} n{ost}ris . Dunkeld' {et} Dunblan' ep{iscop}is n{ost}ris dederimus litt{er}is i{n} mandatis . ut de vita . m{er}itis {et} mirac{u}lis s{ancte} magar{ete} Regine Scoc{ie} inq{ui}reretis diligenti{us} u{er}itate{m} . nob{is} q{uo}d inuen{er}itis s{imilite}r hiis fidelit{er} resc{ri}pt{ur}i . licet resc{ri}ps{er}itis nob{is} vos inq{ui}siuisse pleni{us} sup{er} hiis . quia cu{m} n{un}c d{i}c{t}a neq{ue} no{m}i{n}a testium recepto{rum} nob{is} fuere t{r}ansmissa : voto ei{us}dem Reg' cu{m} no{n} sit c{ur}rendum in talibus annuere nequiuim{us} in hac p{ar}te . {. . .}

Type of dedication
Canonisation request
Confidence
100
Saint named
Margaret the Queen
Saint details
ST/JD/33
Date low
13/8/1246
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3183
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
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