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The Prior of Strath Fillan was the head of the
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monastic community of Strathfillan Priory,
Strath Fillan Strath Fillan ( gd, Na Sraithibh) is a strath in west Perthshire named after an 8th-century Irish hermit monk later canonised Saint Fillan. Located in the region was once Strath Fillan Priory, an early 14th century foundation, later destroyed by th ...
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(now in the Stirling council area). The priors are badly documented and few are known.


List of office holders


List of known priors

* John de Mortimer, x 1414 * Celestine (Cellach) "MacLaureus", 1414–1428 * Robert Beaton, 1428–1430 * John Murray, fl. 1498 * John Gray, fl. 1543 * Hugh Curry, 1547–1551 * John Paterson, 1551


List of known commendators

* Thomas Malvil, 1556 * Patrick Murray, 1556 * John MacCorcadill, 1569–1583 x 1584 * Donald McVicar/MacPherson, 1583–1585 x 1607


See also

* Strath Fillan Priory


References

* Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), ''The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries'', The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), pp. 207–8
Strath Fillan Strath Fillan ( gd, Na Sraithibh) is a strath in west Perthshire named after an 8th-century Irish hermit monk later canonised Saint Fillan. Located in the region was once Strath Fillan Priory, an early 14th century foundation, later destroyed by th ...
Strath Fillan Strath Fillan ( gd, Na Sraithibh) is a strath in west Perthshire named after an 8th-century Irish hermit monk later canonised Saint Fillan. Located in the region was once Strath Fillan Priory, an early 14th century foundation, later destroyed by th ...
Strath Fillan Strath Fillan ( gd, Na Sraithibh) is a strath in west Perthshire named after an 8th-century Irish hermit monk later canonised Saint Fillan. Located in the region was once Strath Fillan Priory, an early 14th century foundation, later destroyed by th ...
Strath Fillan Strath Fillan ( gd, Na Sraithibh) is a strath in west Perthshire named after an 8th-century Irish hermit monk later canonised Saint Fillan. Located in the region was once Strath Fillan Priory, an early 14th century foundation, later destroyed by th ...
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