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Abel de Gullane

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Abel de Gullane
Bishop of St Andrews
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseSt Andrews
Appointed20 February 1254
Term ended1 December 1254
PredecessorRobert de Stuteville
SuccessorGamelin
Orders
Consecration1 March 1254
by Pope Innocent IV
Personal details
Died1 December 1254

Abel de Gullane [Golynn, Golin] was a 13th-century Bishop of St Andrews. He had been archdeacon of the diocese, and subsequently a Papal chaplain. In early 1254, after quashing the election of Robert de Stuteville, the Pope provided Abel to the bishopric, a decision not universally popular in Scotland. His first appearance back at St Andrews as bishop was on 29 June 1254, when he is recorded as celebrating the Papal mass. He died only a few months later, on 1 December.

References

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  • Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
Religious titles
Preceded by
Robert de Stuteville (unconsecrated)
David de Bernham (consecrated)
Bishop of St. Andrews
(Cell Rígmonaid)

1254
Succeeded by