Andreas de Moravia
Andreas de Moravia | |
|---|---|
Roman Catholic Church | |
| See | Diocese of Moray |
| In office | 1222–1242 |
| Predecessor | Bricius de Douglas |
| Successor | Simon de Gunby |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1223 x 1224 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Probably late 1100s Probably Moray |
| Died | Moray 1242 |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Ross (elect) |
Andreas de Moravia (or Andrew of Moray) was a 13th-century Scottish bishop. He was a younger son of Hugh de Moravia,[1] from the family of Flemish origin who were lords of Duffus and other areas in the Greater Moray region in this period. In the time of Bishop Bricius' episcopate (1203–1222), there was a man called "Andreas" who was rector of the church of St. Peter at Duffus, and this may well have been this Andreas. He may also have been a native Scot.
Andreas was elected as Bishop of Ross in 1213. However, he refused to accept the election, and obtained the consent of Pope Innocent III to resign this position. The reasoning can only be speculated. In 1222 though, Andreas did accept election when, after the death of Bricius the same year, he was elected Bishop of Moray. Andreas was in Rome before April 1224 when he is styled "Bishop" and it is probable that he was confirmed and consecrated during this period in the curia.[2]
One of Andreas' first acts as bishop must have been to submit a request to the Pope asking to move the seat (
A letter from
Notes
- ^ Paul, Sir James (1909). The Scots Peerage. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 321.
- ^ Oram, Elgin Cathedral, p. 30
- ^ Keith, Historical Catalogue, p. 138.
References
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Fawcett, Richard & Oram, Richard, Elgin Cathedral and the Diocese of Moray, Historic Scotland (Edinburgh, 2014), ISBN 978-1-84917-173-1
- Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924)
- Tabraham, Chris, (ed.) Elgin Cathedral, (Historic Scotland, 1999)