Galfredus, Galfred or Geoffrey de Liberatione was

Bishop of Dunkeld The Bishop of Dunkeld is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named Cormac. However, the first k ...

and Bishop-postulate of St Andrews. He was a clerk to King

Alexander II of Scotland Alexander II (Medieval Gaelic: '; Modern Gaelic: '; 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249) was King of Scotland from 1214 until his death. He concluded the Treaty of York (1237) which defined the boundary between England and Scotland, virtually unch ...

as early as 1219, as well as being a canon of

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and

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. He was elected to the bishopric of Dunkeld in 1236. After an investigation by

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regarding a defect of birth possessed by Galfred, he was confirmed as bishop in sometime in 1237. In 1238, after the death of

William de Malveisin Guillaume or William de Malveisin (also, modern forms ''Malvoisin'' or ''Mauvoisin'') was Chancellor of Scotland, Bishop of Glasgow (1199/1200–1202) and then Bishop of St. Andrews (1202–1238). William Malveisin was probably born in France. ...

, bishop of St Andrews, Geoffrey was postulated to that see. However, this postulation was disallowed by the Pope, and Geoffrey remained bishop of Dunkeld. Geoffrey was one of the bishops present at the coronation of King Alexander III in 1249. He died at Tippermuir on St Cecilia's Day (22 November) 1249. He was buried in the cathedral of Dunkeld.

References

*Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) {{DEFAULTSORT:Liberatione, Galfred de 1249 deaths Bishops of Dunkeld (pre-Reformation) Bishops of St Andrews Clerks 13th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Burials at Dunkeld Cathedral Year of birth unknown