Samson of Brechin

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Samson of Brechin is the first known

Bishop of St. Andrews.[5]

Samson was a native cleric of Brechin. He was very likely the son of Léot, an earlier Abbot of Brechin, and father of Domnall, a later Abbot of Brechin.[6] This family story probably explains the origins of the Brechin bishopric, that is, the Bishopric of Brechin, like other Scottish bishoprics, had its origins in the older Gaelic Céli Dé monastic community, and perhaps a hereditary ruling family.

Notes

  1. ^ Kenneth H. Jackson (ed), The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer: The Osborn Bergin Memorial Lecture 1970, (Cambridge, 1972), pp. 32, 36.
  2. ^ For this, see Jackson, op. cit., p. 89; see also Sir Archibald Lawrie, Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905), Charter no. CCXXIII, pp. 180-1, with notes on p. 424-6.
  3. ^ Jackson, op. cit., p. 81
  4. ^ Lawrie, op. cit., p. 425
  5. ^ John Dowden, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912), p. 172; Samson's name takes the form Sonsan in one of Máel Coluim's charters.
  6. ^ See, Dauvit Broun, "Genealogical chart of ruling family of the Church of Brechin" Archived 17 July 2001 at the Wayback Machine, Jackson, op. cit., p. 61 and Lawrie, op. cit., p. 331.

References

  • Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
  • Jackson, Kenneth H. (ed), The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer: The Osborn Bergin Memorial Lecture 1970, (Cambridge, 1972)
  • Lawrie, Sir Archibald, Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905)

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