About Walter de Bidun
Lived 1101 – 1178 (aged 76–77). Walter de Bidun was a judge, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Walter de Bidun († 1178) was a clerk of King William of Scotland, Chancellor of Scotland and Bishop-elect of Dunkeld. Walter was a witness to a charter that granted the mainland properties of Iona Abbey, then under the rule of the Lord of the Isles, to the Monks of Holyrood Abbey. He was elected to the bishopric of Dunkeld in 1178 after the death of the previous bishop, Richard. However, Walter did not live long enough to receive consecration, and in fact he too met his death in the year 1178.
Walter was the son of Halenald de Bidun, a landowner and minor lord in England.
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Roman Catholic bishop
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Walter de Bidun was born in 1101.
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Walter de Bidun died in 1178.
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Walter de Bidun was a judge, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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