Gregoir of Rosemarkie
Gregoir | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ross | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Diocese of Ross |
| In office | 1161–1195 |
| Predecessor | Symeon |
| Successor | Reinald Macer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown unknown |
| Died | 1195 |
Gregoir[Gregory,Gregorius] (died 1195) is the third known 12th centuryBishop of Ross,anepiscopal seethen based atRosemarkie.
Biography
[edit]According to theChronicle of Melrose,Gregoir was consecrated byErnald,Bishop of St Andrewsacting as aPapal legate,in 1161.[1]
He occurred in a document ofScone Abbeyin either 1163 or 1164, namely in "the eleventh year of Malcolm", the year ending 23 May 1164.[2]He witnessed acharterissued atInvernessby KingWilliam the Lion,datable to between 1172 and 1174, confirming a gift of land made bySimon de Tosny,Bishop of Moray,to a hermit inInverness-shire.[3]Little more is known of his episcopate.
TheChronicle of Melrosereported his death in 1195, and the election of his successorReinald Macerin March of that year.[4]The English chroniclerRoger of Howdengave his death-date for the same year, and added that it fell in the month of February.[5]
See also
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[edit]References
[edit]- Anderson, Alan Orr,Early Sources of Scottish History,2 vols, (Edinburgh, 1922)
- Barrow, G. W. S.(ed.),The Acts of William I(Regesta Regum Scottorumvol. ii), (Edinburgh, 1971)
- Dowden, John,The Bishops of Scotland,ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Keith, Robert,An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688,(London, 1924)
- Watt, D. E. R.,Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638,2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)