Giric of Cennrígmonaid

Giric of Cennrígmonaid

Giric of Cennrígmonaid, if he is the "Gregorius" of Walter Bower, [Gregorius is the form used for King Giric of Scotland.] is the eleventh alleged Bishop of Cennrígmonaid, equivalent to later day St. Andrews. This "Gregorius" is mentioned in the bishop-list of the 15th century historian Walter Bower as the successor of Bishop Fothad II. [John Macqueen, Winifred MacQueen, & D.E.R. Watt, (eds.), "Scottichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English", Vol. 3, (Aberdeen, 1995), pp. 344-5, 463.] Bower's most recent editors commented that "there is no evidence to prove that any bishop of St. Andrews was consecrated between 1093 and 1109". ["ibid.", p. 463, n. 28.] However, there is actually no such evidence that any pre-Norman bishop of St. Andrews was consecrated, except Cellach II, and so the point is rather worthless. Actually, since these editors were writing new evidence has emerged proving that Giric was a fully fledged bishop. In the late 1990s, the University of Glasgow historian Dauvit Broun, by looking through the manuscripts afresh, recovered the previously unknown last 20% of Version-A of the "St. Andrews Foundation Legend", a text composed at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. [Dauvit Broun, "Recovering the Full Text of Version A of the Foundation Legend", in Simon Taylor (ed.) "Kings, Clerics and Chronicles in Scotland, 500–1297", (Dublin, 2000), pp. 108-14] In it, a few of the contemporary church's leading men are named, and one of these is "Archbishop Giric". ["ibid.", pp. 111-113]

It is known that Thurgot of Durham was elected to the bishopric in 1107, and so Giric may have been in office anytime between 1093, the death-date of his predecessor, and 1107. Bower's list has Giric as one of four bishops who died as "bishops-elect" between the episcopates of Fothad II and Thurgot. The other "bishops-elect" were men called Cathróe, Eadmer and Godric. The text is admittedly highly confused at this point, the Eadmer here being "bishop-elect" not until 1120. However, the next name on Bower's list is a man called Cathróe, a genuine Scoto-Pictish name that Bower could not have made up.

Notes

References

*Broun, Dauvit, "Recovering the Full Text of Version A of the Foundation Legend", in Simon Taylor (ed.) "Kings, Clerics and Chronicles in Scotland, 500–1297", (Dublin, 2000), pp. 108-14
*Dumville, David N., "St Cathróe of Metz and the Hagiography of Exoticism," in "Irish Hagiography: Saints and Scholars", ed. John Carey et al. (Dublin, 2001), pp. 172–188
*MacQueen, John, MacQueen, Winifred & Watt, D.E.R. (eds.), "Scottichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English", Vol. 3, (Aberdeen, 1995)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Giric de Cennrígmonaid — Giric de Cennrígmonaid, est le onzième évêque de Saint Andrews. Ce grégorien est mentionné dans la liste des évêques révélée par l historien du XVe siècle Walter Bower, et succède à Fothad II[1]. Les historiens récents qui ont étudié les… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fothad II de Cennrígmonaid — Fothad II, évêque de Cennrígmonaid fut un évêque de Cennrígmonaid, (1059 1093) équivalent à Saint Andrews, pendant la plupart du règne du roi Malcolm III d Écosse. Il est également parfois nommé Fodhoch, Fothach et Foderoch, et Fothawch. Selon… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fothad II of Cennrígmonaid — Fothad II, Bishop of Cennrígmonaid was the bishop of Cennrígmonaid, (1059 ndash;1093) equivalent to modern St. Andrews, for most of the reign of King Máel Coluim III mac Donnchada (1058–1093). Alternative spellings include Fodhoch , Fothach and… …   Wikipedia

  • Cathróe of Cennrígmonaid — is the twelfth alleged Bishop of Cennrígmonaid, equivalent to later day St. Andrews, although apparently only bishop elect . [John Macqueen, Winifred MacQueen, D.E.R. Watt, (eds.), Scottichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English , Vol. 3,… …   Wikipedia

  • Cellach I of Cennrígmonaid — Cellach I is the first alleged Bishop of Cennrígmonaid (fl. 878x889 906x), equivalent to later day St. Andrews. He is mentioned in the historical writings of Walter Bower and Andrew of Wyntoun as a bishop of St. Andrews, but no pre 15th century… …   Wikipedia

  • David I de Escocia — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda David I Rey de Escocia …   Wikipedia Español

  • Óengus II — For the 8th century king of Picts, see Óengus I. The Flag of Scotland shows the Saltire of Saint Andrew and is traditionally associated with Óengus mac Fergusa. Óengus mac Fergusa (variants Onuist, Hungus or Angus) was king of the Picts (or of… …   Wikipedia

  • Bischof von St Andrews — Die folgenden Personen waren Bischöfe und Erzbischöfe von St Andrews bzw. Cill Rìmhinn (Schottland): Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bischöfe von St Andrews/Cennrígmonaid (Cell Rígmonaid oder Kilrymont) 2 Erzbischöfe von St Andrews 3 Apostolische Präfekten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste der Bischöfe und Erzbischöfe von St Andrews — Die folgenden Personen waren Bischöfe und Erzbischöfe von St Andrews bzw. Cill Rìmhinn (Schottland): Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bischöfe von St Andrews/Cennrígmonaid (Cell Rígmonaid oder Kilrymont) 2 Erzbischöfe von St Andrews …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste der Bischöfe von St Andrews — Die folgenden Personen waren Bischöfe und Erzbischöfe von St Andrews bzw. Cill Rìmhinn (Schottland): Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bischöfe von St Andrews/Cennrígmonaid (Cell Rígmonaid oder Kilrymont) 2 Erzbischöfe von St Andrews 3 Apostolische Präfekten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”