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DE/EW/5481

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Supplication of Archibald, earl of Douglas to the pope for the canonisation of St Duthac, who is described as having been bishop of Ross and afterwards of St Andrews. Further details of Duthac's life are given.

Seipsum cum debita humilitate ad pedum oscula beatorum. Beatissime p[ater], suadet pietas, ortatur caritas, exigit fidei coroboracio, illa quoque [cele]berrima miracula que gloriosus deus meritis preclari confessoris sui b[eati] Duthaci Rossensis et postea SanctiAndree quondam episcopi iugiter operatur {. . }.

Type of dedication
Canonisation request
Confidence
100
Saint named
Duthac, confessor
Saint details
ST/JD/13
Date low
24/4/1418
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3262
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Earl of Douglas Archibald Douglas Male Earl 100 Archibald, 4th earl of Douglas. Killed at the battle of Verneuil in 1424. See M. H. Brown, 'Douglas, Archibald, fourth earl of Douglas, and duke of Touraine in the French nobility (c.1369-1424), ODNB.
no locations recorded
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence