Document 2/156/6 (Theiner, no. 359)
- Description
- Boniface VIII writes to Andrew, elect of Caithness, noting how the church of Caithness, belonging to the Roman church with no intermediary, had been vacant after the death of A[dam], bishop of Caithness at Siena. Andrew was commended to him, as abbot of the monastery of Coupar Angus, by the prelates, and the pope thus commands him to take charge of the diocese. Concurrent letters to the dean and chapter of Caithness and to the king of Scotland.
- Firm date
- 17 December 1296
- Dating Notes
- 16 kal. Jan., pontifical year 2
- Place date (modern)
- Rome (St Peter's)
- Place date (document)
- Rome apud S Petrum
- Related Place
- Rome
- Source for Data Entry
- Theiner, Monumenta, no. 359
- Trad. ID
- Theiner, no. 359
- Calendar number
- 2/156/6
- Charter type
- Papal letter
- Language
- Latin