Gregoir
''Gregory, Gregorius(died 1195) is the third known 12th century
Bishop of Ross, an
episcopal see
An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
then based at
Rosemarkie.
Biography
According to the ''
Chronicle of Melrose'', Gregoir was consecrated by
Ernald
Ernald (or Ærnald) (died 1163) was the second Abbot of Kelso before becoming Bishop of Cell Rígmonaid (St Andrews), the highest ranking Scottish see in the period. He was elected to the see on Sunday, St. Brice's Day (13 November) 1160, and wa ...
,
Bishop of St Andrews
The Bishop of St. Andrews ( gd, Easbaig Chill Rìmhinn, sco, Beeshop o Saunt Andras) was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of St Andrews in the Catholic Church and then, from 14 August 1472, as Archbishop of St Andrews ( gd, Àrd-easbaig ...
acting as a
Papal legate
300px, A woodcut showing Henry II of England greeting the pope's legate.
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, in 1161.
He occurred in a document of
Scone Abbey in either 1163 or 1164, namely in "the eleventh year of Malcolm", the year ending 23 May 1164. He witnessed a
charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...
issued at
Inverness
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
by King
William the Lion, datable to between 1172 and 1174, confirming a gift of land made by
Simon de Tosny,
Bishop of Moray
The Bishop of Moray or Bishop of Elgin was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Moray in northern Scotland, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. If the foundation charter of the monastery at Scone is reliable, then the Bishopric of Moray ...
, to a hermit in
Inverness-shire. Little more is known of his episcopate.
The ''Chronicle of Melrose'' reported his death in 1195, and the election of his successor
Reinald Macer in March of that year. The English chronicler
Roger of Howden gave his death-date for the same year, and added that it fell in the month of February.
[Dowden, ''Bishops'', p. 210.]
See also
Notes
References
*
Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History'', 2 vols, (Edinburgh, 1922)
*
Barrow, G. W. S. (ed.), ''The Acts of William I'' (''Regesta Regum Scottorum'' vol. 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)
External links
Dauvit Broun's list of 12th century Scottish Bishops
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1195 deaths
12th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops of Ross (Scotland)
Year of birth unknown