Hugh ( mga, Áedh; died 1218) was an early 13th-century
bishop of Brechin
The Bishop of Brechin is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Brechin or angus, Scotland, Angus, based at Dundee. Brechin Cathedral, Brechin is a parish church of the established (presbyterian) Church of Scotland. The diocese had a long-es ...
. He either from the
native Gaelic ecclesiastical family of Brechin who provided the abbots and the early bishops of
Brechin
Brechin (; gd, Breichin) is a city and former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which continues today ...
, men such as
Léot and
Samson
Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...
, or else a royal clerk appointed by the king. He was bishop as early as 1214, when he appears in the sources for the first time. He died in 1218, and was succeeded by Gregory.
References
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Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
External links
Genealogical chart of ruling family of the Church of Brechin(by
Dauvit Broun
Dauvit Broun, FRSE, FBA ( en, David Brown) (born 1961) is a Scottish historian and academic. He is the professor of Scottish history at the University of Glasgow. A specialist in medieval Scottish and Celtic studies, he concentrates primarily on ...
)
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12th-century births
Bishops of Brechin (pre-Reformation)
Medieval Gaels from Scotland
13th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops
1218 deaths