Roderick MacLean (bishop)
Roderick MacLean (Scots Gaelic:Ruaidhri Mac Gill-Eathain) was a 16th-century Scottish bishop of the Isles. He was appointed as bishop on 5 March 1550 and died in 1553.
Roderick MacLean | |
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Bishop of the Isles | |
Diocese | Diocese of Sodor |
In office | 1550–1553 |
Predecessor | Ferchar MacEachan |
Successor | Thomas Stanley |
Personal details | |
Died | 1553 |
Nationality | Scottish |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
In Rome, in 1549, he published a Latin translation of a large portion of Adomnan of Iona's 'Life of St Columba, which was a very obscure text at the time.[1]
Notes
- Adomnan of Iona. Life of St Columba. ed. by Richard Sharpe, Penguin Books, 1995
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Preceded by Ferchar MacEachan |
Bishop of the Isles 1550–1553 |
Succeeded by Alexander Gordon |
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