Robert (died c. 1271) was a 13th-century

prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'pre ...

based in the

Kingdom of Scotland The Kingdom of Scotland (; , ) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a l ...

. He was successively Archdeacon of Ross and Bishop of Ross; he is the second Robert to have held the bishopric of Ross. Robert can be found as Archdeacon of Ross as early as 6 July 1223, when his name occurred in a document relating to Durham Cathedral; it is not known how long he had been holding that position in 1223, but he is the first known Archdeacon of the diocese. He probably became Bishop of Ross sometime in 1249; he was consecrated sometime between 21 June 1249 and 20 June 1250.Watt, ''Fasti Ecclesiae'', p. 267. Turner interpreted a papal mandate of 1256 as sanctioning the increase in the number of canons in the

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...

chapter and authorising the relocation of the cathedral rom_Rosemarkie.html"_;"title="Rosemarkie.html"_;"title="rom_Rosemarkie">rom_Rosemarkie">Rosemarkie.html"_;"title="rom_Rosemarkie">rom_Rosemarkieto_Fortrose.html" ;"title="Rosemarkie">rom_Rosemarkie.html" ;"title="Rosemarkie.html" ;"title="rom Rosemarkie">rom Rosemarkie">Rosemarkie.html" ;"title="rom Rosemarkie">rom Rosemarkieto Fortrose">Rosemarkie">rom_Rosemarkie.html" ;"title="Rosemarkie.html" ;"title="rom Rosemarkie">rom Rosemarkie">Rosemarkie.html" ;"title="rom Rosemarkie">rom Rosemarkieto Fortrose. Cowan and Easson thought that the cathedral had always been located at Fortrose, but it was simply called Rosemarkie. Bishop Robert appears, from the evidence of Walter Bower (using an earlier source), to have died in the year 1271. Walter Bower confuses the man who died that year and the builder of the new cathedral with Robert II's predecessor, Robert Capellanus, Robert I.Dowden, ''Bishops'', p. 212.

Notes

References

* Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., ''Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man'', Second Edition (London, 1976) * John Dowden, Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson (Glasgow, 1912) * Turner, Louise B., ''Fortrose Cathedral (St. Peter and St. Boniface)'' (Groam House Leaflet No. 2, 1984) * Watt, D. E. R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft (St Andrews, 1969) {{DEFAULTSORT:Robert 02 1270s deaths 13th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Ross (Scotland) Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain