Galfred de Liberatione

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Galfredus or Galfred de Liberatione was Bishop of Dunkeld and Bishop-postulate of St Andrews. He was a clerk to King Alexander II of Scotland as early as 1219, as well as being a canon of Dunkeld and precentor of Glasgow. He was elected to the bishopric of Dunkeld in 1236. After an investigation by Pope Gregory IX regarding a defect of birth possessed by Galfred, he was confirmed as bishop in sometime in 1237.

In 1238, after the death of William de Malveisin, bishop of St Andrews, Galfred was postulated to that see. However, this postulation was disallowed by the Pope, and Galfred remained bishop of Dunkeld. Galfred was one of the bishops present at the coronation of King Alexander III in 1249. He died at Tippermuir on St Cecilia's Day (November 22), 1249. He was buried in the cathedral of Dunkeld.

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  • Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
Religious Posts
Preceded by:
Gilbert the Chaplain		 Bishop of Dunkeld
1236/7–1249		 Succeeded by:
Richard de Inverkeithing
Preceded by:
William de Malveisin		 Bishop of St Andrews
post. 1238
(overturned by Pope)		 Succeeded by:
David de Bernham
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