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Donercius or Donort is the second Bishop of Mortlach according to the list of the Aberdeen Registrum.[1] He is known only by name. Skene says that "Donercius has all the appearance of a fictitious name".[2] Whether the name is fictitious or a corruption cannot be known from the existing evidence. His alleged predecessor Beóán is known to have been bishop in the reign of King Máel Coluim II of Scotland, so if Donercius really did exist, he was certainly bishop in the 11th century.[3]
Notes
- ^ Cosmo Innes, Registrum episcopatus Aberdonensis : ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis regesta que extant in unum collecta, (Spalding and Maitland Clubs, 1845), vol. ii. p. 125
- ^ William F. Skene, Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, 3 Vols, 2nd ed., (Edinburgh, 1887), vol. ii. p. 380
- ^ See Beóán of Mortlach.
References
- Innes, Cosmo, Registrum episcopatus Aberdonensis : ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis regesta que extant in unum collecta, 2 Vols, (Spalding and Maitland Clubs, 1845), Vol. II
- William Forbes Skene|Skene, William Forbes, Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, 2nd ed., (Edinburgh, 1887), vol. ii
Religious titles Preceded by
BeóánBishop of Mortlach
fl. 1000sSucceeded by
CormacBishops of Mortlach Beóán of Mortlach · Donercius · Cormac of Mortlach · Nechtan of Aberdeen
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:- 11th-century deaths
- Medieval Gaels
- Roman Catholic bishops
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