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Fionnlagh MacCailein

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287: 309:; on 10 September 1403, Fionnlagh was provided to the bishopric by the Pope directly, the election being illegal due - so it was claimed - to earlier papal reservation of the see. His unattested consecration, which was probably performed at the papal see, had certainly occurred by 28 April 1404. 164:, and was one of the many clerics from west and central Gaelic-speaking Scotland who benefited from the latter's patronage. He is said to have authorised the construction of the first bridge over the 236:; the mandate of provision contains information much about Fionnlagh, informing us that he was a priest, confirming that he possessed a bachelor's degree in canon law, while also stating that he was 367:
and collector in Scotland, and the mandate ordered him to offer his oath of fealty to the papacy through Bishop Fionnlagh; it is of note that Abbot John had once served as Fionnlagh's
1117: 201:, meaning "son of Cailean"; it may mean that Cailean was the name of his father, but if it was a surname it probably means he was a Campbell, a family also known at the time as 805: 247:
and "a certain perpetual office or benefice without cure in the secular collegiate church of Abernethy"; the latter, we know from another papal source, was the
278:, another Albany man. Albany indeed petitioned for benefices of Fionnlagh's behalf, and all of the benefices Fionnlagh held lay within Albany's influence. 491:, p. 15; this is not the date given by the letter (13 October 1394), but many letters on Benedict XIII's papacy give artificial dates of issue; see Watt, 189:
that his surname was "Dermoch", but that is not corroborated by contemporary sources and is probably a mistake. His last name appears in contemporary
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on 29 November 1406, witnessing a charter of the Duke of Albany; he is next found on 18 July 1408, at a church council of the church held at
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are not well known, however it is known that he held the latter bishopric between 1403 and his death in 1419. He was part of the circle of
1012: 401:, writing a few decades after Fionnlagh's death, claimed that Bishop Fionnlagh was responsible for the building of a bridge over the 798: 389:
He is last known to have been alive on 25 March 1419 but was dead by 30 October when a papal mandate ordered the translation of
316:. His activities and whereabouts as Bishop of Dunblane are not well attested. In 1404 the Pope mandated Fionnlagh as well as 267: 161: 386:) was witnessed by Bishop Fionnlagh. He is found again on 17 March 1416 at a general council of the church held at Perth. 379: 1122: 875: 791: 252: 670: 221: 1052: 1027: 1032: 680: 259:(literally "man of letters"), a position which existed at Abernethy collegiate church into the 16th century. 1060: 1042: 969: 947: 1127: 1017: 963: 880: 740: 237: 89: 1075: 1070: 1037: 1006: 912: 907: 895: 854: 849: 351:
In 1411 Bishop Fionnlagh and two others were authorised by the papacy to use the income from the vacant
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Some time after the death of Bishop DĂșghall (last attested 1398 × 1401), Fionnlagh was elected as
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At that date he is found back in Scotland as a full bishop attending a church council at
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Calendar of Papal Letters to Scotland of Benedict XIII of Avignon, 1394-1419
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He was said in the papal document to have held the hospital of
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A Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Graduates to A. D. 1410
205:, believing as they did that they were descended from one 156:. Both his early life and the details of his career as 382:, to the Duke of Albany on 12 June 1415 (probably at 397:, to the now vacant see of Dunblane. The chronicler 1051: 991: 984: 821: 719:
Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638
126: 114: 109: 101: 96: 85: 75: 65: 57: 47: 37: 23: 504:Barrow, "The Lost GĂ idhealtachd", p. 123; McGurk, 685:The Medieval Bishops of Dunblane and Their Church 665:Scotland and Its Neighbours in the Middle Ages 554: 552: 799: 8: 1118:15th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops 988: 806: 792: 784: 724: 697:, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) 470: 468: 466: 464: 462: 460: 220:by 13 December 1400. On 15 September 1402 20: 285: 414: 7: 1095:§: non-consecrated or titular bishop 450:for MacDhĂșghaill (MacDougall) and 14: 667:, (London, 1992), pp. 105–26 363:on 1 June 1414; John was a papal 105:10 September 1403 × 28 April 1404 721:, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969) 663:, "The Lost GĂ idhealtachd", in 56: 454:for MacDhĂłmhnaill (MacDonald). 268:Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany 162:Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany 1: 380:Euphemia II, Countess of Ross 1133:Medieval Gaels from Scotland 1138:Clergy from Argyll and Bute 228:(with the expectation of a 1154: 262:By this period he was the 1093: 772: 763: 755: 747: 738: 732: 727: 681:Cockburn, James Hutchison 181:Background and early life 30: 985:Post-Reformation Bishops 675:The Campbells, 1250-1513 224:provided Fionnlagh to a 822:Pre-Reformation Bishops 745:1400 × 1402–1403 700:McGurk, Francis (ed.), 695:The Bishops of Scotland 374:The resignation of the 255:called "ferlinn", i.e. 741:Archdeacon of Dunblane 525:, p. 205, n. 2; Watt, 446:, pp. 10, 12; compare 302: 238:Archdeacon of Dunblane 90:Archdeacon of Dunblane 913:William de Cambuslang 908:Maurice of Inchaffray 896:Richard de Pontefract 855:Radulf (bishop-elect) 850:Abraham of Strathearn 735:Maurice de Strathearn 495:, pp. xvii-xvii, 106. 289: 42:Roman Catholic Church 933:Fionnlagh MacCailein 886:Nicholas of Arbroath 845:Jonathan of Dunblane 835:Laurence of Dunblane 371:at the papal curia. 322:Bishop of St Andrews 137:Fionnlagh MacCailein 25:Fionnlagh MacCailein 1123:Bishops of Dunblane 902:Roger de Balnebrich 891:Nicholas de Balmyle 881:AlpĂ­n of Strathearn 866:Clement of Dunblane 815:Bishops of Dunblane 704:, (Edinburgh, 1976) 687:, (Edinburgh, 1959) 677:, (Edinburgh, 2006) 52:Diocese of Dunblane 1053:Scottish Episcopal 993:Church of Scotland 918:Walter de Coventre 871:Robert de Prebenda 861:Osbert of Dunblane 766:Bishop of Dunblane 639:, p. 119; Dowden, 425:, p. 117; Dowden, 361:Abbot of Balmerino 307:Bishop of Dunblane 303: 299:Bishop of Dunblane 291:Dunblane Cathedral 282:Bishop of Dunblane 234:diocese of Dunkeld 222:Pope Benedict XIII 158:Bishop of Dunblane 146:(died 1419) was a 92:(1400 × 1402–1403) 32:Bishop of Dunblane 1100: 1099: 1089: 1088: 943:Michael Ochiltree 840:Simon of Dunblane 782: 781: 773:Succeeded by 748:Succeeded by 728:Religious titles 671:Boardman, Stephen 357:Lismore Cathedral 353:diocese of Argyll 330:Bishop of Dunkeld 326:Robert de Cardeny 214:bachelor's degree 134: 133: 1145: 1028:James Wedderburn 1007:William Chisholm 1001:William Chisholm 989: 975:William Chisholm 938:William Stephani 928:DĂșghall of Lorne 808: 801: 794: 785: 776:William Stephani 770:1403–1419 759:DĂșghall de Lorne 756:Preceded by 733:Preceded by 725: 717:Watt, D. E. R., 714:, (Oxford, 1977) 661:Barrow, G. W. 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Index

Bishop of Dunblane
Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Dunblane
DĂșghall de Lorne
William Stephani
Archdeacon of Dunblane
medieval
Scottish
bishop
Bishop of Dunblane
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
river Allan
Dunblane
John Spottiswood
Latin
Cailean MĂłr
bachelor's degree
canon law
Pope Benedict XIII
canonry
prebend
diocese of Dunkeld
Archdeacon of Dunblane
Uthrogle
lectorship
Abernethy
chaplain
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
Earl of Menteith
DĂșghall de Lorne

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