Adam (bishop)
Adam († September 11, 1222 in Halkirk ) was Abbot of Melrose and Bishop of Caithness .
Adam probably came to the Melrose monks as a child . There he was first prior and in 1207 also abbot. On August 5, 1213 he was elected Bishop of Caithness . In 1218 he went on a trip to Rome to receive the pallium .
William I of Scotland appointed him and hoped for support from him against the nobility in the north. Adam tried to enforce secular law in addition to canon law. According to the Orkney saga , he kept raising the taxes. This eventually led to a peasant uprising in 1222 who set fire to the house where he and his followers were staying.
He was first buried in the church in Skinnet / Sutherland . His successor Gilbert de Moravia transferred his body to Dornoch in 1239 in the cathedral he had built.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alexander Gordon: Adam of Caithness . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 1: Abbadie - Anne. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1885, p. 77 (English,, (partly outdated research status)).
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 286
Web links
- Barbara E. Crawford, Adam (d. 1222) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , viewed October 15, 2011 License required
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| John |
Bishop of Caithness 1213-1222 |
Gilbert de Moravia |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adamus de Caithness |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Caithness, Abbot of Melrose |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1222 |
| Place of death | Halkirk |