Simon | |
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![]() St Serf's Inch in Loch Leven, today | |
Born | 12th century Unknown |
Died | 1225x1235 unknown |
Resting place | Unknown, but probably St Serf's Inch |
Occupation | Augustinian prior |
Title | Prior of St Andrews, Prior of Loch Leven |
Simon (died 1225 x 1235) was a 13th-century Augustinian canon based in the Kingdom of Scotland.
As a canon of St Andrews Cathedral Priory, he was elected prior of St Andrews in either 1211 or 1212. [1] Simon, like his predecessor Thomas, was said by Inchcolm historian Walter Bower to have fallen out with the brothers of St Andrews and consequently to have resigned his post as prior. [2] Subsequently, Simon became Prior of Loch Leven. [3] This probably happened c. 1225. [4]
St Serf's Inch Priory lay on St Serf's Inch, an island in Loch Leven in Fothriff, and was subordinate to St Andrews Cathedral Priory. [5]
It is unclear how long Simon lived afterward, but his successor appears in the sources for the first time in 1235, indicating that Simon probably died before this year. [6] Bower described Simon as "a man of honourable life and praiseworthy behaviour". [2]