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Beóán of Mortlach

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in the seventh year of his reign (1012 AD) as thanks to God for victories over the Scandinavians, and tells us that "the first bishop was Beyn, a saintly man, worthy of the episcopal office, elevated to this see by the Lord
607: 289: 571: 602: 541: 490: 508: 546: 99:, (Edinburgh, 1926) reprinted, with an Introduction, full Watson bibliography and corrigenda by Simon Taylor (Edinburgh, 2004), p. 311. 430: 412: 496: 282: 201:, (Edinburgh, 1926) reprinted, with an Introduction, full Watson bibliography and corrigenda by Simon Taylor (Edinburgh, 2004) 62: 597: 592: 275: 531: 23:. His name, which could also be written in non-Gaelic contexts as Beanus, Beoanus and Beyn, means "lively one". 536: 165:
Registrum episcopatus Aberdonensis : ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis regesta que extant in unum collecta
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Registrum episcopatus Aberdonensis : ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis regesta que extant in unum collecta
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records a charter granted to Bishop Beóán by King Máel Coluim at
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MacQueen, John, MacQueen, Winifred & Watt, D.E.R. (eds.),
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Scottichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English
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Scottichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English
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Index

Bishops of Mortlach
Walter Bower
John of Fordun
Máel Coluim II of Scotland
Pope Benedict VIII
Forfar
Life of St. Cathróe of Metz
Bower
Scotichronicon
Innes, Cosmo
Skene, William Forbes
Watson, W.J.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Bishop of Mortlach
Donercius
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Bishops of Aberdeen
Beóán of Mortlach
Donercius
Cormac of Mortlach
Nechtan of Aberdeen
Nechtan of Aberdeen
Edward of Aberdeen
Matthew
John of Kelso
Adam de Kald
Matthew the Scot
Gilbert de Stirling

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