M. de Dunblan is the way the first known Bishop of Dunblane is written in a copy of a papal bull of Pope Adrian IV preserved in England; the bull dates to 1155.[1]

The papal bull was addressed to the bishops of Scotland ordering them to submit to the metropolitan authority of the Archbishop of York; the copyist made two other mistakes in the initials of bishops, so it is not totally reliable.[2]

Cockburn speculated that M. might stand for Máel Ísu;[3] it is very unlikely that M. was a mistake for La., standing for Laurence the successor of M. at Dunblane.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 6; Dowden, Bishops, p. 193; Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 99.
  2. ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 6; Dowden, Bishops, p. 193.
  3. ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 6
  4. ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 193, n. 1.

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Religious titles Preceded by- Bishop of Dunblane 1155 × 1161–1165 × 1178 Succeeded byLaurence


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