Walter de Bidun († 1178) was a

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of King

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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 Halenald de Bidun or Halneth de BidunSanders ''English Baronies'' p. 128 was a Breton who held land in England during the reigns of King Henry I and Stephen. Halenald was from either Bidon or La Ville-Bidon, two locations in the Dol region of Br ...

, 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