Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/JD/4142

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John Smart, citizen Brechin, to the praise and glory of Almight God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Blessed Christopher the martyr, has granted to one chaplain at the altar of St Christopher in the cathedral church of Brechin, his tenement in the town of Brechin

Omnibus hanc cartam uisuris uel audituris Iohannes Smert ciuis Brechinensis . . . Sciatis me cum consensu et assensu . . . domini Iohnnis . . . episcopi Brechinensis decani et capituli eiusdem ad laudem et gloriam omnipotentis Dei et beatissime Marie Virginis ac beati Cristofori martiris; necnon et omnium celestis curie sanctorum libere dedisse . . . Deo . . . et omnibus sanctis supradictis ac uni capellano ad altare Sancti Cristofori martiris in ecclesia cathedrali Brechinensi diuina celebranti et suis successoribus . . . tenementum meum cum pertinentiis jacens ex parte orientali communis vici ville Brechinensis

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Christopher
Saint details
ST/JD/10
Date low
07/03/1449
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/JD/2662
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
John Smart Male Townsfolk 100 Citizen of Brechin, owner of a tenement in the town.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Cathedral Brechin Cathedral NO596600 Brechin [BRE] Forfar 100