John Scotus (bishop of Mecklenburg)

Bishop of Mecklenburg

John Scotus (approx. A.D. 990 – 10 November 1066) was a Bishop of Mecklenburg from Scotland. It is likely this John can be identified as the John who was allegedly made Bishop of Glasgow sometime between 1055 and 1060 and possibly the same John allegedly holding the title of Bishop of Orkney.

## Biography

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From approximately 500 AD Slavonic tribes poured into Mecklenburg. By about 600, they had complete possession of the land. The chief god was Radegast Zuarasici, whose sanctuary at Rethra was the centre of his worship for the whole of Mecklenburg. Charlemagne's conquests in this region were lost soon after his death. Henry I of Germany (916–36) was the first to force the Slavonic territory again to pay tribute (c. 928); he also placed it under the jurisdiction of Saxon counts. With the dominion of the Germans, Christianity found ingress into the land. However, antagonism to the tribute to the empire and the Saxon dukes led to a heathen reaction.[1]

He was killed in 1066 during a Wendish revolt against Christianity, when he was sacrificed to Radegast, the god of hospitality.[2]

He is venerated as a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.

## References

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1. ^ Lins, Joseph. "Mecklenburg." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 24 May 2013
2. ^ "Harmonia Time Capsule: 1066", Harmonia,Indiana University, 13 February 2012

## Sources

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* Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), p. 144
* Julius Wiggers [de]: Kirchengeschichte Mecklenburgs, Verlag der Hinstorffśchen Hofbuchhandlung, 1840, pp. 24/25 Internet Archive
* Johannes Scotus, S. (152) in: Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. Augsburg 1869, p. 268 Zeno.org
* Alfred Rische: Verzeichnis der bischöfe und Domherren von Schwerin mit biographischen Bemerkungen. Ludwigslust, 1900.
* Josef Traeger: Johannes I., Scotus, ca. 1062-1066 in: Die Bischöfe des mittelalterlichen Bistums Schwerin, Leipzig: Benno 1984, pp. 16–18
* Grewolls, Grete (2011). Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon (in German). Rostock: Hinstorff Verlag. p. 4691\. ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6.

## See also

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* Lutici

Johannes Scotus

Born: ca. 990 Died: 10 November 1066

Catholic Church titles
New title

new diocese

|  Bishop of Mecklenburg
as John I
1053–1066  | Vacant

Title next held by

Eberhard
Preceded by

Magsuen

|  Bishop of Glasgow
1055/1060–1066  | Vacant

Title next held by

Michael

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Bishops and Archbishops of Glasgow

Pre-Reformation Bishops
(c 1055–1492)

* Magsuen
* John Scotus
* Michael of Glasgow
* John Capellanus
* Herbert of Selkirk
* Enguerrand
* Jocelin
* Hugh de Roxburgh
* William de Malveisin
* Florence of Holland
* Walter Capellanus
* William de Bondington
* Nicholas de Moffat
* John de Cheam
* Nicholas de Moffat
* William Wishart
* Robert Wishart
* Stephen de Dunnideer
* John de Lindsay
* John de Egglescliffe
* John Wishart
* William Rae
* Walter Wardlaw
* Matthew de Glendonwyn
* William de Lauder
* John Cameron
* James Bruce
* William Turnbull
* Andrew de Durisdeer
* John Laing
* George Carmichael
* Robert Blackadder

Pre-Reformation Archbishops
(1492–1560)

* Robert Blackadder
* James Beaton (elder)
* Gavin Dunbar
* Alexander Gordon
* James Beaton (younger)

Post-Reformation Archbishops
(1560–1689)

* James Beaton (younger)
* John Porterfield
* James Boyd of Trochrig
* Robert Montgomery
* William Erskine
* James Beaton (younger)
* John Spottiswoode
* James Law
* Patrick Lindsay
* Andrew Fairfoul
* Alexander Burnet
* Robert Leighton
* Alexander Burnet
* Arthur Rose
* Alexander Cairncross
* John Paterson

Modern Roman Catholic Archbishops
(1878–present)

* Charles Eyre
* John Maguire
* Donald Mackintosh
* Donald Campbell
* James Scanlan
* Thomas Winning
* Mario Conti
* Philip Tartaglia
* William Nolan

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