William Rae (bishop)
William Rae | |
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Annibale di Ceccano | |
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| Died | 27 January 1367 |
William Rae (died 1367) was a 14th-century
bishop of Tusculum, to consecrate William. William was consecrated at Avignon a short while later. Curiously, his predecessor Wishart had been consecrated by the same man, in the same location. William's episcopate was comparatively long, and he died on 27 January 1367. He was succeeded by Walter Wardlaw
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Glasgow Old Bridge
Bishop Rae's main contribution to his city was the erection of a stone bridge in around 1345 to replace an earlier wooden bridge. This bridge stood at around the same location as the current Victoria Bridge, near the bottom of the Bridgegate.[1]
References
- ^ "glasgow old bridge". scotlandsoldestbridges.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)