David de Moravia

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Plaque in the chapel of the Collège des Écossais in Paris commemorating the founder David de Moravia.

David de Moravia († June 6, 1326 ) was Bishop of Moray and played an important role in the Scottish War of Independence as a supporter of the independent Scottish crown in the late 13th and early 14th centuries . In his later years he was one of the founders of the Collège des Écossais in Paris .

Life

Practically nothing is known about his origin and early years of life. He first appears in the sources known to date on the occasion of his election as Bishop of Moray. Due to a long letter from Pope Boniface VIII , the circumstances of his election as bishop are quite well known. So he got in the election of his chapter 13 of 21 votes, while the deacon David four, the chancellor Henry three and the archdeacon John could unite one vote. David de Moravia was declared bishop elected on the basis of the result and the deacon sent a letter to the Pope asking for confirmation. This was the choice but because of an irregularity - but it is not known what might be meant exactly - cancel . David de Moravia immediately resigned from office in response, whereupon the Pope finally appointed him bishop . According to a letter dated June 28, 1299, he was consecrated in Anagni in Italy by Matteo d'Acquasparta , the Cardinal Bishop of Porto .

In 1306, after the assassination of John III. Comyn through Robert the Bruce in February, he attended his coronation ceremony in Scone in March . The English King Edward I had David de Moravia accused as an accomplice in the murder. David was excommunicated and fled to Orkney County , which at that time was still part of Norway . Edward asked then in a letter to the Norwegian King Håkon V. David de Moravia to be arrested, but this was able to evade capture again.

In 1322 he was excommunicated again - together with the two other Scottish bishops William de Lamberton and Stephen de Dunnideer - because they had previously refused to appear before the Pope in Avignon. The excommunication was later withdrawn.

Bishop David de Moravia became known as the founder of the Collège des Écossais in Paris, founded in 1325, to which he donated the property, among other things. The establishment was confirmed in August 1326 by King Charles IV , but de Moravia no longer received this news. He died on June 6, 1326 and his remains were interred in the choir of Elgin Cathedral.

literature

  • John Dowden: The Bishops of Scotland, Being Notes on the Lives of All the Bishops Under Each of the Sees Prior to the Reformation. Glasgow 1912.
  • Robert Keith et al.: An historical catalog of the Scottish bishops, down to the year 1688. Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh 1824. ( Online edition in the Google book search)
  • DD Hew Scot: Fasti ecclesiæ scoticanæ; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Volume VI: Synods of Aberdeen and of Moray. Revised and expanded edition. Oliver and Boyd: Edinburgh 1926. ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Keith, p. 140 dates David's death on January 20, 1326
  2. ↑ cf. Dowden, p. 151.
  3. ↑ cf. Scot, p. 215; Keith, p. 140, who falsely claims that de Moravia was ordained in Avignon.
  4. ↑ cf. Dowden, p. 152.
  5. ↑ cf. Keith, p. 140; Scot, p. 215.
predecessor Office successor
Archibald Bishop of Moray
1299-1326 		John de Pilmuir
personal data
SURNAME David de Moravia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish bishop
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: January 20, 1326 or June 6, 1326