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Nicholas Bishop of Dunblane
The arms of the diocese of Dunblane (non-contemporary)Church Roman Catholic Church See Diocese of Dunblane In Office 1301–1306 × 1307 Predecessor Alpín Successor Nicholas de Balmyle Orders Consecration November 13, 1301 Personal details Born unknown, but 13th cent.
unknownDied January 26, 1306 × December 11, 1307 Previous post Abbot of Arbroath (1296 × 1299–1301) Nicholas O. Tiron (d. 1306 × 1307), Abbot of Arbroath and Bishop of Dunblane, was a late 13th century and early 14th century churchman in the Kingdom of Scotland. Little is known about Nicholas until in he appeared on November 21, 1299, holding the position of Abbot of Arbroath in a charter of that abbey; the last attestation of his predecessor Henry can be dated to October 16, 1296, so that Nicholas must have become abbot sometime in between these two dates.[1]
As Abbot of Arbroath, he was a canon of Dunblane Cathedral, and entitled to participate in episcopal elections. Bishop Alpín had died sometime between October 1, 1299, and October 15, 1301, and the new election to the bishopric became deadlocked.[2]
Several canons had emerged as candidates, and it seems to have been decided that all candidates should proceed to the papal see to request judgment from the Pope.[3] As it happened, Abbot Nicholas was the only candidate to travel to the papacy; as Cockburn commented, "An abbot could face the heavy expense; no poor canon of the Cathedral could".[4] When no other turned up, the Pope authorised Nicholas' provision, and he was consecrated by Theodoric, Bishop of Palestrina, on November 13, 1301.[5]
Nicholas' short career as bishop is not well recorded. In the events of the early Wars of Scottish Independence, Nicholas' role is unclear and aside from some appearances in the charters of Coupar Angus Abbey, his name is largely absent from the evidence.[4] He appears for the last time, in papal documents, on January 26, 1306, and was dead a good time before December 11, 1307, when his successor Nicholas de Balmyle was consecrated as bishop in France.[6]
Notes
- ^ Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 4.
- ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, pp. 85-6; Dowden, Bishops, p. 200; Watt, Dictionary, p. 522; Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 100.
- ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 86; Dowden, Bishops, p. 200.
- ^ a b Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 86.
- ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 86; Dowden, Bishops, p. 200; Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 100.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 201; Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, pp. 100-1.
References
- Cockburn, James Hutchison, The Medieval Bishops of Dunblane and Their Church, (Edinburgh, 1959)
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Watt, D. E. R., A Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Graduates to A. D. 1410, (Oxford, 1977)
- Watt, D. E. R., & Murray, A. L., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, Revised Edition, (Edinburgh, 2003)
- Watt, D. E .R., & Shead, N. F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries (The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24), (Edinburgh, 2001)
Religious titles Preceded by
HenryAbbot of Arbroath
1296 × 1299–1301Succeeded by
John de AngusPreceded by
AlpínBishop of Dunblane
1301–1306 × 1307Succeeded by
Nicholas de BalmylePre-Reformation Bishops of Dunblane
"M. de Dunblan" · Laurence of Dunblane · Simon of Dunblane · Jonathan of Dunblane · Abraham of Strathearn · Radulf (bishop-elect) · Osbert of Dunblane · Clement of Dunblane · Robert de Prebenda · William · Alpín of Strathearn · Nicholas of Arbroath · Nicholas de Balmyle · Richard de Pontefract · Roger de Balnebrich · Maurice of Inchaffray · William de Cambuslang · Walter de Coventre · Andrew Magnus · Dúghall of Lorne · Fionnlagh MacCailein · William Stephani · Michael Ochiltree · Walter Stewart · Robert Lauder · John Herspolz · John Spalding · James Chisholm · William Chisholm (uncle)
Italics indicate non-consecrated or titular bishops.Post-Reformation Bishops of Dunblane
William Chisholm (uncle) · William Chisholm (nephew) · Andrew Graham · George Graham · Adam Bellenden · James Wedderburn · Robert Leighton · James Ramsay · Robert DouglasCategories:- 13th-century births
- 1300s deaths
- Abbots of Arbroath
- Bishops of Dunblane
- 13th-century Roman Catholic priests
- 14th-century Roman Catholic bishops
- People of the Wars of Scottish Independence
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