Mac Bethad (

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1127 x 1131) is the first recorded

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Bishop of Ross, a See then located at

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. He makes his only historical appearance as ''Macbeth Rosmarkensis Episcopus'' (i.e. "Mac Bethad, Bishop of Rosemarkie") in a list of witnesses to a charter granted by King

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to the Church of

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, confirming the previous rights of that church. The charter is dated by its modern editor to 1128, but is more safely dated to the period between the years 1127 and 1131.John Dowden, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912), p. 209.

Notes

References

*Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) *Lawrie, Sir Archibald, ''Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153'', (Glasgow, 1905)

External links

Dauvit Broun's list of 12th century Scottish Bishops
11th-century births 12th-century deaths Bishops of Ross (Scotland) Medieval Gaels from Scotland 12th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops {{Scotland-reli-bio-stub