Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5464

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

In name of the Holy Trinity. Malcolm, king of Scots, with the confirmation of his wife Queen Margaret, and the bishops, earls etc, has founded an abbey in honour of Almighty God and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity.

In Nomine Sancte Trinitatis . Ego Malcolmus Dei Gracia Scottorum {. . .} Sciant presentes et futuri me fundasse abbaciam in Monte infirmorum in honorem Dej omnipotentis et sancte et individue Trinitatis {. . .}

Type of dedication
Invocation
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Trinity
Saint details
ST/JD/52
Date low
1070
Date high
1093
Entry reference
EN/EW/3251
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
King Malcolm -------- Male Monarch 100 King Malcolm III, d.1093.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100