Nechtan of Aberdeen

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Nechtan of Aberdeen is the first Bishop of Aberdeen after the seat of the bishopric had been moved to Aberdeen from Mortlach. The only contemporary sources for Bishop Nechtan are charters; he appears as "Nectan escob Abberdeon" in a Gaelic charter recorded in the notitiae on the Book of Deer, a charter which explicitly dates to "the eighth year of the reign of David", that is, 1131.^[1] He also appears in a charter granted to him by King David I of Scotland, a charter which the modern editor dates to 1137.^[2]

Later Medieval authorities make specific claims about dates. Hector Boece, for instance, wrote that Nechtan became bishop in 1122, and that Nechtan ruled Mortlach for 14 years, and a further 17 years at Aberdeen. Moreover, Gavin Dunbar, a 16th-century Archbishop of Glasgow, wrote in his Epistolare that Nechtan's see was moved from Mortlach to Aberdeen in the year 1125, partially contradicting the account of Boece. Neither source is particularly reliable.^[3]

Notes

↑ Kenneth H. Jackson (ed), The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer: The Osborn Bergin Memorial Lecture, 1970, (Cambridge, 1972), pp. 31, 34, 60.
↑ Sir Archibald Lawrie, Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905), p. 89, 354-5.
↑ For all this, see John Dowden, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912), p. 98.

References

Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
Jackson, Kenneth H. (ed), The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer (The Osborn Bergin Memorial Lecture 1970), (Cambridge, 1972)
Lawrie, Sir Archibald, Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905)

Religious titles
Preceded by Cormac	Bishop of Mortlach-Aberdeen fl. 1131x1137	Succeeded by Edward

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

Persondata
Name	Nechtan of Aberdeen
Alternative names
Short description	Roman Catholic bishop
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