Robert II (bishop of Ross)
Robert (II.) | |
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Bishop of Ross | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
See | Diocese of Ross |
In office | 1249 × 1250–1271 |
Predecessor | Robert (I.) |
Successor | Matthew |
Previous post(s) | Archdeacon of Ross (×1223–1249×1250) |
Orders | |
Consecration | 21 June 1249 × 20 June 1250 |
Personal details | |
Born | unknown unknown |
Died | c. 1271 |
Robert (died c. 1271) was a 13th-century prelate based in the Kingdom of Scotland. He was successively Archdeacon of Ross and Bishop of Ross; he is the second Robert to have held the bishopric of Ross.[1]
Robert can be found as Archdeacon of Ross as early as 6 July 1223, when his name occurred in a document relating to Durham Cathedral; it is not known how long he had been holding that position in 1223, but he is the first known Archdeacon of the diocese.[2]
He probably became Bishop of Ross sometime in 1249; he was consecrated sometime between 21 June 1249 and 20 June 1250.[3]
Turner interpreted a papal mandate of 1256 as sanctioning the increase in the number of canons in the cathedral chapter and authorising the relocation of the cathedral [from Rosemarkie] to Fortrose.[4] Cowan and Easson thought that the cathedral had always been located at Fortrose, but it was simply called Rosemarkie.[5]
Bishop Robert appears, from the evidence of Walter Bower (using an earlier source), to have died in the year 1271.[3] Walter Bower confuses the man who died that year and the builder of the new cathedral with Robert II's predecessor, Robert I.[6]
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References
- Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second Edition (London, 1976)
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson (Glasgow, 1912)
- Turner, Louise B., Fortrose Cathedral (St. Peter and St. Boniface) (Groam House Leaflet No. 2, 1984)
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft (St Andrews, 1969)