- In
canon law,
commenda (or in commendam) was a form of
transferring an
ecclesiastical benefice in
trust to the
custody of a patron. The
phrase in commendam...
-
James Stewart,
Commendator of
Kelso and
Melrose (c. 1529–1557) was a
member of the
Scottish royal family.
James Stewart was a son of
James V of Scotland...
- The
Abbot of
Kelso (later
Commendator of Kelso) was the head of the
Tironensian monastic community at
Kelso Abbey in the
Scottish Borders. The
Abbey was...
- The
Abbot of
Cambuskenneth or
Abbot of
Stirling (later
Commendator of Cambuskenneth) was the head of the
Arrouaisian (Augustinian)
monastic community...
- The
Abbot of
Holyrood (later
Commendator of Holyrood) was the head of the
Augustinian monastic community of
Holyrood Abbey, now in Edinburgh. The long...
- The
Prior of May then
Prior of
Pittenweem (later
Commendator of Pittenweem) was the
religious superior of the
Benedictine monks of Isle of May Priory...
- The
Abbot of
Balmerino (later
Commendator of Balmerino) was the head of the
Cistercian monastic community and
lands of
Balmerino Abbey, Fife, founded...
-
Prior of Scone, and then by the
beginning of the 16th century, the
Commendator of Scone, was the head of the
community of
Augustinian canons of Scone...
- Illegitimate:
James Stewart,
Commendator of
Kelso and
Melrose James Stewart, 1st Earl of
Moray John Stewart,
Commendator of
Coldingham Robert Stewart...
- The
Abbot and then
Commendator of
Melrose was the head of the
monastic community of
Melrose Abbey, in
Melrose in the
Borders region of Scotland. The abbots...
