Robert (d. 1271)

infobox bishopbiog
name = Robert (II.)


Bishop Robert's seal
religion= Roman Catholic Church
See = Diocese of Ross
Title = Bishop of Ross
Period = 1249 × 1250–1271
consecration = June 21, 1249 × June 20, 1150
Predecessor = Robert (I.)
Successor = Matthew
post = Archdeacon of Ross (×1223–1249×1250) | ordination =
bishops =
date of birth = unknown
place of birth = unknown
date of death = c. 1271
place of death =

Robert (d. c. 1271) was a 13th century prelate based in the Kingdom of Scotland. He was successively Archdeacon of Ross and Bishop of Ross; he is the second Robert to have held the bishopric of Ross. [See Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", pp. 266-7.]

Robert can be found as Archdeacon of Ross as early as July 6, 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. [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 285.]

He probably became Bishop of Ross sometime in 1149; he was consecrated sometime between June 21, 1249 and June 20, 1150.Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 267.]

Turner interpreted a papal mandate of 1256 as sanctioning the increase in the number of canons in the cathedral chapter and authorising the relocation of the the cathedral [from Rosemarkie] to Fortrose. [Turner, "Fortrose Cathedral", p. 1.] Cowan and Easson thought that the cathedral had always been located at Fortrose, but it was simply called Rosemarkie. [Cowan & Easson, "Medieval Religious Houses", p. 207.]

Bishop Robert appears, from the evidence of Walter Bower (using an earlier source), to have died in the year 1171. Walter Bower confuses the man who died that year and the builder of the new cathedral with Robert II's predecessor, 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)
* 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 Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)