Beóán of Mortlach

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Beóán of Mortlach - Wikipedia

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Beóán of Mortlach is the first of the three known Bishops of Mortlach.^[1] His name, which could also be written in non-Gaelic contexts as Beanus, Beoanus and Beyn, means "lively one".^[2] Walter Bower, following John of Fordun, tells us that the bishopric was founded by king Máel Coluim II of Scotland in the seventh year of his reign (1012 AD) as thanks to God for victories over the Scandinavians, and tells us that "the first bishop was Beyn, a saintly man, worthy of the episcopal office, elevated to this see by the Lord Pope Benedict VIII at the king's request".^[3] The Aberdeen Registrum records a charter granted to Bishop Beóán by King Máel Coluim at Forfar, granting the bishop the churches and lands of Clova and the unidentified Dulmech.^[4] The Aberdeen Breviary commemorated "Bishop Beóán" (Beyn episcopus) as a saint on 26 October. Another Beóán, perhaps the one mentioned in the Life of St. Cathróe of Metz, was commemorated on 16 December, and the two were often confused.^[5]

Notes

^ Cosmo Innes, Registrum episcopatus Aberdonensis : ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis regesta que extant in unum collecta, (Spalding and Maitland Clubs, 1845), vol. ii. p. 125
^ William J. Watson, The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland, (Edinburgh, 1926) reprinted, with an Introduction, full Watson bibliography and corrigenda by Simon Taylor (Edinburgh, 2004), p. 311.
^ Bower, Scotichronicon, IV. 44; text & translation, John Macqueen, Winifred MacQueen, & D.E.R. Watt, (eds.), Scottichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English, Vol. 2, (Aberdeen, 1989), pp. 404–5.
^ Sir Archibald Lawrie, Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905), no. IV, pp. 4–5.
^ See Archibald Lawrie, op. cit., p. 230.

References

Innes, Cosmo, Registrum episcopatus Aberdonensis : ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis regesta que extant in unum collecta, 2 Vols, (Spalding and Maitland Clubs, 1845), Vol. II
Lawrie, Sir Archibald, Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905)
MacQueen, John, MacQueen, Winifred & Watt, D.E.R. (eds.), Scottichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English, Vol. 2, (Aberdeen, 1989)
Skene, William Forbes, Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, 2nd ed., (Edinburgh, 1887), vol. ii
Watson, W.J., The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland, (Edinburgh, 1926) reprinted, with an Introduction, full Watson bibliography and corrigenda by Simon Taylor (Edinburgh, 2004)

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Preceded by New Creation	Bishop of Mortlach bp. 1012-?	Succeeded by Donercius

v t e Bishops of Aberdeen
Bishops of Mortlach	Beóán of Mortlach Donercius Cormac of Mortlach Nechtan of Aberdeen
Pre-Reformation	Nechtan of Aberdeen Edward of Aberdeen Matthew John of Kelso Adam de Kald Matthew the Scot Gilbert de Stirling Radulf de Lamley Peter de Ramsay Richard de Potton Hugh de Benin Henry le Chen Walter Herok Alexander de Kininmund (elder) William de Deyn John de Rait Alexander de Kininmund (younger) Adam de Tyninghame Gilbert de Greenlaw Henry de Lichton Ingram Lindsay Thomas Spens Robert Blackadder William Elphinstone James Ogilvie Robert Forman Alexander Gordon Gavin Dunbar George Learmond William Stewart William Gordon
Church of Scotland	David Cunningham Peter Blackburn Alexander Forbes Patrick Forbes Adam Bellenden David Mitchel Alexander Burnet Patrick Scougal George Haliburton

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