1472 St Andrews Becomes an Archbishopric

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Title

1472 St Andrews Becomes an Archbishopric

Description

The bishops of St Andrews had for centuries claimed to be the most important churchmen in Scotland. In 1472 their special status was officially recognised by the pope, when the bishopric of St Andrews was raised into an archbishopric. The new archbishops had authority over the other Scottish dioceses. However, St Andrews’ power was slightly reduced in the 1490s when Glasgow also became an archbishopric and given control over Argyll, Dunblane, Dunkeld and Galloway.

Source

timelineoffifesreli

Date

1472

Contributor

egsr@st-andrews.ac.uk

Type

Event

Identifier

130

Date Submitted

07/27/2021 01:00:32 pm

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Sacred Landscapes of Fife

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TEXT

Event Item Type Metadata

End Date

1472

Prim Media

268

Citation

“1472 St Andrews Becomes an Archbishopric,” Virtual Museum, accessed April 19, 2025, https://sacredlandscapes.org/omeka/items/show/269.

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