Nicholas of Brechin
Nicholas (died c. 1298) was a Scottish churchman and prelate active at the end of the 13th century. While holding the office of sub-dean of Brechin Cathedral, he got provided bishop of Brechin by Pope Boniface VIII on 21 January 1297.[1]
Nicholas | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Brechin | |
| See | Brechin |
| In office | 1297–1298 |
| Predecessor | William de Kilconquhar |
| Successor | John de Kininmund |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown unknown |
| Died | 1298 (likely) unknown |
| Previous post(s) | Sub-Dean of Brechin |
A concurrent mandate was sent, significantly, to John Balliol, King of the Scots rather than Edward I.[2]
He was consecrated on the same day by Giovanni Boccamazza, Cardinal-Bishop of Tusculum.[3]
Bishop Nicholas is known only from papal documents, and his episcopate was short.[4] Although there is no date for Nicholas' death, he had died by 1 June 1298, when his successor John de Kininmund was appointed Brechin bishop.[2]
He is the first known holder of the office of sub-dean of Brechin, though not necessarily the first; holders of this office are poorly recorded, the next known holder being the mid-14th-century William de Forres.[5]
Notes
- Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, pp. 54, 69 for short discussion where this date is favoured, but some editors have preferred to date document to 26 January 1296; c/f Dowden, Bishops, p. 178
- Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 54
- Dowden, Bishops, p. 178
- Dowden, Bishops, pp. 178–79
- Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 69
References
- Dowden, John (1912), Thomson, John Maitland (ed.), The Bishops of Scotland : Being Notes on the Lives of All the Bishops, under Each of the Sees, Prior to the Reformation, Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons
- Watt, D. E. R.; Murray, A. L., eds. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, The Scottish Record Society, New Series, Volume 25 (Revised ed.), Edinburgh: The Scottish Record Society, ISBN 0-902054-19-8, ISSN 0143-9448