Document 2/131/28 (Scotia Pontificia, no. 68)
- Description
- Pope Alexander III notes that it is proper for him to hold as ratified what his predecessors have commanded and thus, following what Popes Innocent, Eugene and Adrian prescribed, he commands that the bishops of Scotland should show Archbishop Roger of York, papal legate, due obedience as their metropolitan.
- Firm date
- circa 1 May, 1164 X 1174
- Probable date
- circa 1 May, 1164 × 1170, or circa 1 May, 1172 × 1174, not 1171
- Dating Notes
- [...] Kal. May, reference to Roger as papal legate (suspended by Pope Alexander in 1170 and 1171)
- Source for Data Entry
- Scotia Pontificia, no. 68
- Trad. ID
- Scotia Pontificia, no. 68
- Calendar number
- 2/131/28
- Charter type
- Papal letter
- Language
- Latin