Bishopric of St Andrews

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ecclesiastical jurisdiction medieval Scottish bishopric

The Bishopric of St Andrews was the most important medieval Scottish bishopric and ecclesiastical center, based at St Andrews and later elevated to an archbishopric, exerting major religious and political influence in the kingdom of Scotland.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Archbishopric of St Andrews	1
bishops of St Andrews	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ medieval Scottish bishopric ⓘ
associatedWith	medieval pilgrimage to St Andrews ⓘ
associatedWithSaint	Saint Andrew ⓘ surface form: Saint Andrew the Apostle
cathedralStatus	St Andrews Cathedral ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deFactoEndDate	16th century ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ecclesiasticalProvince	Province of St Andrews ⓘ
elevatedTo	Bishopric of St Andrews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Archbishopric of St Andrews
elevationDate	1472 ⓘ
foundedBefore	12th century ⓘ
governedBy	Bishop of St Andrews ⓘ
hadChapterOf	secular canons ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver	Angus ⓘ Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ Lothian ⓘ most of eastern Scotland ⓘ
heldPrimacyOver	Scottish Church ⓘ
historicalRegion	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
influenced	Scottish ecclesiastical law ⓘ Kings of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scottish monarchy Scottish politics ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Latin ⓘ
laterGovernedBy	Bishop of St Andrews ⓘ surface form: Archbishop of St Andrews
linkedInstitution	University of St Andrews ⓘ
locatedIn	Fife ⓘ Scotland ⓘ St Andrews ⓘ
mostImportantBishopricIn	medieval Scotland ⓘ
notableArchbishop	Cardinal David Beaton ⓘ surface form: David Beaton James Beaton ⓘ Patrick Graham ⓘ William Scheves NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBishop	Henry Wardlaw ⓘ James Kennedy ⓘ William Lamberton ⓘ
patronSaint	Saint Andrew ⓘ
pilgrimageCentre	Shrine of Saint Andrew ⓘ
politicalInfluenceIn	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
preReformationStatus	principal see of Scotland ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousCentreOf	medieval Scotland ⓘ
rite	Latin Rite ⓘ
seat	St Andrews Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Cathedral of St Andrews
seeCity	St Andrews ⓘ
successorJurisdiction	Diocese of St Andrews ⓘ surface form: Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh
suppressedDuring	Scottish Reformation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Andrews Castle → builtFor → Bishopric of St Andrews ⓘ

this entity surface form: bishops of St Andrews

Bishopric of St Andrews → elevatedTo → Bishopric of St Andrews self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archbishopric of St Andrews

Alexander I of Scotland → patronage → Bishopric of St Andrews ⓘ