Walter de Bidun († 1178) was a

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of King William of Scotland,

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and Bishop-elect of Dunkeld. Walter was a witness to a charter that granted the mainland properties of

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, then under the rule of the

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, to the Monks of

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. He was elected to the bishopric of Dunkeld in 1178 after the death of the previous bishop,

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. However, Walter did not live long enough to receive consecration, and in fact he too met his death in the year 1178. Walter was the son of Halenald de Bidun, a landowner and minor lord in England.Keats-Rohan, p326

References

Notes

Sources

*Cowan, Samuel, ''The Lord Chancellors of Scotland'' Edinburgh 1911

* John Dowden, Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) *

External links

Dauvit Broun's list of 12th century Scottish Bishops
Lord chancellors of Scotland Bishops of Dunkeld (non consecrated, titular or doubtful) 12th-century births 1178 deaths Clerks 12th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops {{noble-stub