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45 relations: Abbot (surname), Aberlemno, Aldbar Castle, Angus, Scotland, Augustinians, Battle of Barry, Bishop, Brechin, Brechin Cathedral, Canon regular, Catholic Church, Celtic Christianity, Celtic knot, Christianity, Columba, Culdees, David, David I of Scotland, Diocese, God, Hogback (sculpture), Irish round tower, Jesus, Kenneth II of Scotland, Kincardineshire, Lay abbot, Leaf, Lord, Market town, Mary, mother of Jesus, Monastery, Normans, Pictish Chronicle, Picts, Prior (ecclesiastical), Priory, Relief, Sandstone, Scotland, St Salvator's College, St Andrews, Tower house, Viking art, Vikings, William Forbes Skene, William the Lion.
Abbot (surname)
Abbot is an English surname derived from the word "abbot".
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Aberlemno
Aberlemno (Obar Leamhnach, IPA) is a parish and small village in the Scottish council area of Angus.
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Aldbar Castle
Aldbar Castle, or Auldbar Castle, was a 16th-century tower house, located southwest of Brechin, in Angus, Scotland.
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Angus, Scotland
Angus (Angus; Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area.
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Augustinians
Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo.
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Battle of Barry
The Battle of Barry was a battle in which the Scots, purportedly led by Malcolm II, defeated a Danish invasion force in 1010 AD.
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Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
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Brechin
Brechin (Breichin) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland.
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Brechin Cathedral
Brechin Cathedral dates from the 13th century.
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Canon regular
The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are priests who live in community under a rule (and κανÏŽν, kanon, in Greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a partly similar terminology.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Celtic Christianity
Celtic Christianity is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages.
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Celtic knot
Celtic knots (snaidhm Cheilteach, cwlwm Celtaidd, kolm Keltek, snaidhm Ceilteach) are a variety of knots and stylized graphical representations of knots used for decoration, used extensively in the Celtic style of Insular art.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Columba
Columba or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.
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Culdees
The Culdees (lit) were members of ascetic Christian monastic and eremitical communities of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England in the Middle Ages.
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David
David ("beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
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David I of Scotland
David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim (Modern Gaelic: Daibhidh I mac Chaluim; – 24 May 1153) was a 12th century ruler and saint who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153.
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Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
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God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.
Hogback (sculpture)
Hogbacks are stone carved Anglo-Scandinavian sculptures from 10th- to 12th-century northern England and south-west Scotland.
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Irish round tower
Irish round towers (Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural); literally 'bell house') are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man.
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Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
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Kenneth II of Scotland
Cináed mac Maíl Coluim (label, anglicised Kenneth II, and nicknamed An Fionnghalach, "The Fratricidal"; 932–995) was King of Alba (Scotland) from 971 to 995.
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Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire or the County of Kincardine, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic A' Mhaoirne meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland.
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Lay abbot
Lay abbot (abbatocomes, abbas laicus, abbas miles) is a name used to designate a layman on whom a king or someone in authority bestowed an abbey as a reward for services rendered; he had charge of the estate belonging to it, and was entitled to part of the income.
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Leaf
A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.
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Lord
Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler.
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Market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.
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Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.
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Monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).
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Normans
The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.
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Pictish Chronicle
The Pictish Chronicle is a name used to refer to a pseudo-historical account of the kings of the Picts beginning many thousand years before history was recorded in Pictavia and ending after Pictavia had been enveloped by Scotland.
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Picts
The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages.
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Prior (ecclesiastical)
Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders.
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Priory
A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress.
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Relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.
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Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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St Salvator's College, St Andrews
St Salvator's College was a college of the University of St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland.
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Tower house
A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.
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Viking art
Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the 8th-11th centuries.
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Vikings
Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.
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William Forbes Skene
William Forbes Skene WS FRSE FSA(Scot) DCL LLD (7 June 1809 – 29 August 1892), was a Scottish lawyer, historian and antiquary.
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William the Lion
William I the Lion (Uilleam an Leòmhann), sometimes styled William I (Uilleam MacEanraig; label) and also known by the nickname labelUilleam Garbh; e.g. Annals of Ulster, s.a. 1214.6; Annals of Loch Cé, s.a. 1213.10.
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