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has gloss | eng: Hugh the Chaplain (or Hugo Capellanus) was the royal Chaplain of King William I of Scotland before becoming Bishop of Cell RÃgmonaid (St Andrews), the highest ranking Scottish see of the period. After the death of Bishop Richard, King William selected Hugh to succeed to the bishopric in 1178. However, unbeknown to the king, the chapter elected their archdeacon, John lEscot, as bishop. The king saw to Hughs election and consecration in the same year. There followed a five year struggle for the bishopric. John travelled to appeal to Pope Alexander III, who quashed the case of Hugh and sent to Scotland a man name Alexius as legate. Alexius obtained entrance to William's kingdom, and consecrated John at Holyrood Abbey in the presence of four other Scottish bishops, in the year 1180. Nevertheless, the struggle continued, and in 1183, both John and Hugh resigned their rights. |
lexicalization | eng: Hugh the Chaplain |
instance of | (noun) the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society excommunication, excision |
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