Bricius de Douglas
Bricius | |
|---|---|
Richard | |
| Successor | Andreas de Moravia |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1203 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12th century Probably Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Died | Moray, 1222 |
| Previous post(s) | Prior of Lesmahagow |
Bricius (sometimes
anglicized as Brice, died 1222) was prior of Lesmahagow and afterward bishop of Moray (Gaelic epscop Muireb; Latin
episcopus Moraviensis).
In this period, the name Bricius is more often a Latinization of the Gaelic names Máel Brigte ("tonsured devotee of
Barony of Douglas in Lanarkshire
.
Bricius became bishop of Moray in 1203, although the exact details of this accession (i.e.
Latin: cathedra) of the see of Moray from Birnie to Spynie. The move was probably complete by June 1208. It would not be until the episcopate of his successor, Andreas de Moravia, that the bishopric would settle at Elgin Cathedral, Elgin
.
Bricius was one of the most important clerics in the Scotland of his time, that is, during the later part of the reign of
bishop of Glasgow). He returned to Rome in 1218, as part of a delegation of three Scottish bishops, including Walter of Glasgow, and Adam, bishop of Caithness, in order to obtain absolution from Pope Honorius III for the sentence of excommunication imposed on King Alexander II and the whole Kingdom of Scotland. This second visit to Rome is mentioned in Scottish sources, and confirmed by Papal records [citation needed]. The latter record that Bricius had solemnly denied practicing divine offices during the interdict
.
Bricius, however, found his episcopate in disrepute. Church records indicate that the
Scone and Dunfermline
to investigate these claims. The results are not known.
He died in the year 1222, and was succeeded by Andreas de Moravia.
Certain histories refer to "St Brice" in reference to this bishop.Saint Martin of Tours.
Citations
- ^ Maxwell, Vol. I, pp. 14–16, p. 62
General and cited deferences
- 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,
- Fraser, Sir William. The Douglas Book IV Vols. Edinburgh, 1885.
- Maxwell, Sir Herbert, A History of the House of Douglas, II vols. (London, 1902)
- Tabraham, Chris, ed. Elgin Cathedral (Historic Scotland, 1999)