James Ogilvie (died 1518) was a
late medieval Scottish
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*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
prelate
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who served as
Bishop of Aberdeen. After the death of
William Elphinstone (died 24 October 1514), the
bishopric of Aberdeen
Diocese of Aberdeen was one of the 13 (14, after 1633) dioceses of the Scottish church, before the abolition of the episcopacy in 1689.
Early history
A see was founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Blessed Beyn. The earliest mention of the See of ...
became vacant. Ogilvie was nominated for the vacancy by
John Stewart, Duke of Albany. At
Rome
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, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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however,
Pope Leo X
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Born into the prominent political an ...
provided
Robert Forman to the vacant see, while the
canons of Aberdeen elect
Alexander Gordon, allegedly under pressure from the latter's cousin
Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly. It was because of this that Ogilvie resigned his rights to this
bishopric, and in compensation, became
Commendator-Abbot of Dryburgh. During the early days of his commendatorship, it was recorded that he was a canon of the
diocese of Aberdeen and the parson of
Kinkell, Aberdeenshire. Ogilvie held the commendatorship for merely three years, dying on 30 May 1518.
References
*
Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
*
Innes, Cosmo, ''Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis: Ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis Regesta Que Extant in Unum Collecta'', Vol. 1, (Edinburgh, 1845)
*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)
*Watt, D. E. R., & Shead, N. F. (eds.), ''The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries'', The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001)
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15th-century births
1518 deaths
Bishops of Aberdeen
Scottish abbots