Radulphus or simply Ralph was an early 13th-century bishop of
Brechin
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,
Scotland
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. He was elected to the bishopric as early as 1198 or 1199 when he appears as "bishop of Brechin" witnessing the
nativity of the future king
Alexander II. He may have been elected before that, for he was "elect" in the time of Gilbert,
Prior
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of
St Andrews
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, who was prior between 1196 and 1198. Radulphus was consecrated in 1202. His one notable action was the granting of the church of "Glenylif" to
Cambuskenneth Abbey
Cambuskenneth Abbey is an Augustinian monastery located on an area of land enclosed by a meander of the River Forth near Stirling in Scotland. The abbey today is largely reduced to its foundations, however its bell tower remains. The neighbouri ...
. His death date is not known, but occurred before 1214 when his successor,
Hugh
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appears for the first time.
References
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12th-century births
1210s deaths
Bishops of Brechin (pre-Reformation)
13th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops