Bishopric of St Andrews

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The Bishopric of St Andrews was the most important medieval Scottish bishopric and ecclesiastical center, based at St Andrews and later elevated to an archbishopric, exerting major religious and political influence in the kingdom of Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical jurisdiction
medieval Scottish bishopric
associatedWith medieval pilgrimage to St Andrews
associatedWithSaint Saint Andrew the Apostle
linked to: Saint Andrew
cathedralStatus St Andrews Cathedral
country Kingdom of Scotland
deFactoEndDate 16th century
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of St Andrews
elevatedTo Archbishopric of St Andrews
elevationDate 1472
foundedBefore 12th century
governedBy Bishop of St Andrews
hadChapterOf secular canons
hadJurisdictionOver Angus
Fife
Lothian
most of eastern Scotland
heldPrimacyOver Scottish Church
historicalRegion Lowlands of Scotland
influenced Scottish ecclesiastical law
Scottish monarchy
linked to: Kings of Scotland

Scottish politics
languageOfLiturgy Latin
laterGovernedBy Archbishop of St Andrews
linkedInstitution University of St Andrews
locatedIn Fife
Scotland
St Andrews
mostImportantBishopricIn medieval Scotland
notableArchbishop David Beaton
James Beaton
Patrick Graham
William Scheves
notableBishop Henry Wardlaw
James Kennedy
William Lamberton
patronSaint Saint Andrew
pilgrimageCentre Shrine of Saint Andrew
politicalInfluenceIn Kingdom of Scotland
preReformationStatus principal see of Scotland
religion Christianity
religiousCentreOf medieval Scotland
rite Latin Rite
seat Cathedral of St Andrews
seeCity St Andrews
successorJurisdiction Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh
suppressedDuring Scottish Reformation

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Alexander I of Scotland patronage Bishopric of St Andrews
St Andrews Castle builtFor bishops of St Andrews
linked to: Bishopric of St Andrews
Bishopric of St Andrews elevatedTo Archbishopric of St Andrews
linked to: Bishopric of St Andrews
Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews officeContested Archbishopric of St Andrews
linked to: Bishopric of St Andrews