Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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ST/JD/132

Machar

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
6th century
Floruit date range
? - ?
Description
Patron of the cathedral church of Aberdeen whose feast was celebrated in the Aberdeen Breviary as a major duplex, with a full office and lections, where he is also called Maurice. Here he is said to have been made Archbishop of Tours by Pope Gregory the Great.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
Confessor Bishop 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
Pictish None 100 None
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
11 12 yes St Machar, Bishop and Confessor None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations