Simon (died 1225 x 1235) was a 13th-century Augustinian canon based in the Kingdom of Scotland.
As a canon of St Andrews Cathedral Priory, he was elected prior of St Andrews in either 1211 or 1212.[1] Simon, like his predecessor Thomas, was said by Inchcolm historian Walter Bower to have fallen out with the brothers of St Andrews and consequently to have resigned his post as prior.[2] Subsequently, Simon became Prior of Loch Leven.[3] This probably happened c. 1225.[4]
Life and career
St Serf's Inch Priory lay on St Serf's Inch, an island in Loch Leven in Fothriff, and was subordinate to St Andrews Cathedral Priory.[5]
It is unclear how long Simon lived afterward, but his successor appears in the sources for the first time in 1235, indicating that Simon probably died before this year.[6] Bower described Simon as "a man of honourable life and praiseworthy behaviour".[2]
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byThomas I | Prior of St Andrews c. 1212–1225 | Succeeded byHenry de Norham |
| Preceded byRoger | Prior of Loch Leven 1225–x1235 | Succeeded byG[...] |
References
- 1.MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 419; Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 188
- 2.[2.2]MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 419
- 3.Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, pp. 139, 188
- 4.Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 188
- 5.Cowan and Easson, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 93
- 6.Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, pp. 139–40