- Matthew (bishop of Aberdeen)
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Matthew (died 1199) was a 12th century churchman residing in Scotland. He is the first man known to have held the position of Archdeacon of St Andrews, his first known ecclesiastical post. He occurs in this office in a document which can be dated to some point between August 1147 and June 1152. In 1172, after the death of Bishop Edward, Archdeacon Matthew was elected to be the latter's successor as Bishop of Aberdeen. He was consecrated on April 2, 1172.
Matthew was the principal prelate in charge of the consecration of John the Scot at Holyrood Abbey on June 15, 1180. Matthew maintained his links with Fife, appearing in numerous charters relating to that province. He had a brother named Odo who was the dapifer ("steward") of Ernald, Bishop of St Andrews (1160-63). His family may have been the one that eventually took the locative surname "de Kininmund" (or variants). He died on August 20, 1199, and was succeeded by John, the prior of Kelso Abbey.
References
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912), pp. 99-100
- Innes, Cosmo, Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis: Ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis Regesta Que Extant in Unum Collecta, Vol. 1, (Edinburgh, 1845), pp. xx-i
- Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924), pp. 104-5
- Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 1, 304
Religious titles Preceded by
UncertainArchdeacon of St Andrews
between 1147 and 1152 – 1172Succeeded by
Walter de RoxburghPreceded by
EdwardBishop of Aberdeen
1172 – 1199Succeeded by
JohnLegal offices Preceded by
Donnchad II, Earl of FifeJusticiar of Scotia
between 1172– 1199
with Donnchad II, Earl of Fife (c. 1172–1199)
Gille Brigte, Earl of Strathearn (c. 1172–1199)Succeeded by
Donnchad II, Earl of FifeBishops of Mortlach Pre-Reformation Nechtan of Aberdeen · Edward of Aberdeen · Matthew · John of Kelso · Adam de Kald · Matthew the Scot · Gilbert de Stirling · Radulf de Lamley · Peter de Ramsay · Richard de Potton · Hugh de Benin · Henry le Chen · Walter Herok · Alexander de Kininmund (elder) · William de Deyn · John de Rait · Alexander de Kininmund (younger) · Adam de Tyninghame · Gilbert de Greenlaw · Henry de Lichton · Ingram Lindsay · Thomas Spens · Robert Blackadder · William Elphinstone · James Ogilvie · Robert Forman · Alexander Gordon · Gavin Dunbar · George Learmond · William Stewart · William Gordon
Church of Scotland David Cunningham · Peter Blackburn · Alexander Forbes · Patrick Forbes · Adam Bellenden · David Mitchel · Alexander Burnet · Patrick Scougal · George Haliburton
Categories:- 12th-century births
- 1199 deaths
- Bishops of Aberdeen
- Scoto-Normans
- 12th-century Roman Catholic bishops
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